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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 ,,,###,#,,
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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 #,#,#,#,,,
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#,,,,,,##, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed #,,,,,,,#,
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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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