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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 ##,,##,,#,
,#,,##,,,, Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall #,#,#,#,##
###,#,#,,, Behind In Our Duties. ,########,
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