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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 ###,,,#,##
#,,,,,###, Behind In Our Duties. #,##,,,,##
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