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#,#,#,,### Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A #,,#,#,##,
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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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#,,,,,,,## 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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,###,#,,## 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 ,,##,,,,##
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