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#####,,,## The River That'S Our River Makes A ,###,#,,,,
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,,#,##,#,# Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ###,##,#,#
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#,,##,,,#, 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 ,##,,,#,,,
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,,###,##,, 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 #,####,,,,
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#,##,#,##, 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 ####,#,#,,
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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. ,,#####,,#
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##,###,#,# We Will Carry It Out. ,##,####,,
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