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