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#######,,, The River That'S Our River Makes A ,##,,#####
######,,## Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,,,,,,####
#####,,,,# Decent Days Travel North From That #####,,###
####,,##,, Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ####,,,,##
###,,,,,,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ###,,##,,#
##,,###### Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ##,,,,,,,,
,,,,,####, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But #,,######,
####,,##,, Instead Steel Bars To Keep The Animals ,,,,####,,
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,##,,##### Around The House Is A Thick, Thick ,######,,,
,,,,,,#### Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live ,,####,,##
,####,,##, The Animals That We Fight To Keep Away, ,,,##,,,,,
,,##,,,,,, For They Speak To Us To Join Them In ##,,,,####
,,,,,####, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They #,,##,,##,
####,,##,, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,,,,,,,,,
,##,,,,,,# Interest To Do So. There Is Important ,########,
,,,,####,, Work That Needs To Be Done, And It Cant ,,######,,
###,,##,,# Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) #,,####,,#
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,,,####### Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,##,,,,##,
##,,###### Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,,,,##,,,,
,,,,,####, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ###,,,,##,
####,,##,, Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ##,,##,,,,
,##,,,,,,# Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac #,,,,,,##,
,,,,####,, Flowers And In The Morning They Are Wet ,,####,,,,
###,,##,,# With Dew. ,,,##,,###
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#,,######, Father Is Away During The Day Doing ,,,####,,#
,,,,####,, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ##,,##,,,,
###,,##,,, When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ,,,,,,,###
##,,,,,,## Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ######,,##
#,,####,,# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To #####,,,,#
,,,,##,,,, His Clothes. ####,,##,,
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##,,##,,,, Suddenly The Dense Bushwork Is Mirrored ,#,,####,,
,,,,,,,##, Inside. Stems And Leaves Appear Close ,,,,,##,,,
######,,,, To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,###,,,,##
#####,,### Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful ,,#,,##,,#
####,,,,## And Smell Good, And There Is Little #,,,,,,,,,
,##,,##,,# Decoration In Our House. But When ,,#######,
,,,,,,,,,, Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts ,,,#####,,
#########, Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ##,,###,,#
########,, Scared Of Him Then. ,,,,,#,,,,
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,,####,,,, We Are Then Tasked With Removing Any ###,,#,,,,
#,,##,,##, Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ##,,,,,###
,,,,,,,,,, Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father ,,,###,,##
,########, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ##,,#,,,,,
,,######,, Them. Sometimes An Animal Will Sneak In ,,,,,,####
,,,####,,# But We Always Shoo Them Out. With Fresh #####,,##,
##,,##,,,, Cut Flowers Thrown Right Outside The ####,,,,,,
,,,,,,,### House He Suspects And Resents Our ###,,####,
######,,## Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The ,#,,,,##,,
,####,,,,# Energy To Scold Us. He Weakens Quickly. ,,,##,,,,,
,,##,,##,, It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ##,,,,####
,,,,,,,,,, Even In The Morning And Must #,,##,,##,
########## Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,,,,,,,,,,
,######### Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That #########,
,,######## We Will Carry It Out. ,#######,,
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,,,,###### Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And #,,###,,,,
###,,##### Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,#,,###
##,,,,#### Are Left To Care For Us And The House ###,,,,,##
#,,##,,### And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ##,,###,,#
,,,,,,,,#, Are Distracted. We Are Not As #,,,,#,,,,
#######,,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall ,,##,,,###
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