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