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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 ,##,#,#,##
,#,,#,#,## Out. ,,#,#,#,,#
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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 ,,#,#,#,,#
,#,##,#,,# Behind In Our Duties. ,##,#,#,##
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