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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. ####,,###,
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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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