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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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