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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 #,##,,,,##
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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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