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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. #,#,#,#,##
,#,#,#,#,# #,#,#,#,,#
,#,#,#,#,# 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. #,#,#,#,##
,#,#,#,#,# #,#,#,#,,#
,#,#,#,#,# 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. #,#,#,#,##
,#,#,#,#,# #,#,#,#,,#
,#,#,#,#,# 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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