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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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#,,,,,,,## 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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