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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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,,,#####,, 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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