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