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.###....#. 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 ###..#.##.
...#...... 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 ....#.....
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