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