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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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