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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. #.#.##.#.#
.#.#.##.#. #.#..#.#.#
.#.#..#.#. 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.) #.#.##.#.#
.#.#.##.#. #.#..#.#.#
.#.#..#.#. 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. #.#.##.#.#
.#.#.##.#. #.#..#.#.#
.#.#..#.#. 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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