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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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