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,##,#,#### 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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,####,,,## 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 #,##,,,,#,
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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 ,,,,#,##,#
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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. ######,#,,
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#,#,,#,,,# Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ##,,,#,###
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,#,,##,#,# And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,###,#,,#,
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