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