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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 #,#,,####,
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