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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 ,,####,,,,
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##,,,,,,## 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 #######,,#
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