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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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