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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 ,,,,,,,,##
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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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