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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 ,#,##,####
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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 ####,,,,##
,,,##,,##, We Will Carry It Out. ,,,#,,,#,,
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#,,,,,,,## 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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