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