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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 ,,,,,,,,#,
#,#,####,, 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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,,#,#,,,,# 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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