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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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########## 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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