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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 ##,,,,,,#,
###,,,,#,# Out. ###,,,,,,,
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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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