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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 ####,##,,#
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