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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 ,#,##,,#,#
#,#,#,##,# Out. ,#,,#,##,,
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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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