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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 ##,#,#,,##
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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 ,,#,##,#,#
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##,#,###,# 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 #,#,##,###
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