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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 #######,#,
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,###,,,#,# Father Is Away During The Day Doing ,,,#,#,###
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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 ####,,#,,#
,##,,#,,,, 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 ,,,#,#,,##
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,#,,####,# Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ##,,#,,,#,
##,#,,,### Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,#,##,,##,
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