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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 ,,,,,,####
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