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,#,#,,,#,, Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is #,,,#,,#,,
####,,##,# Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A #,,##,##,,
,,,#,#,##, Stranger. The Window Has No Glass But #,#,##,#,#
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#,#######, The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ###,#,,,,,
##,,,,,,#, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,,###,,,,#
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,#,,,##,#, Be Done By Animals. (Father Says This.) ,##,#,#,##
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###,,#,,#, Ferns And Uproots The Bushes Only For ,#,,,,#,#,
,,#,##,##, Them To Grow Back Each Night. Their ##,,,#####
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#,,##,##,, Even The Color Of Wine. They Have Lilac ##,##,,,##
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#,,,###,## Than The Next. We Learn To Cook For Him ,,,#,#,###
#,,#,,##,# So That He Does Not Have To. We Tend To ,,#####,,,
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###,#,,,,# To The Walls And Far From The Light. We ,##,,#,,#,
,,###,,,## Are Glad, For The Flowers Are Beautiful #,#,##,###
,#,,#,,#,, And Smell Good, And There Is Little ####,##,,#
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#,##,####, Them All Down In A Frenzy. We Are ,###,,,#,,
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##,,####,, Indoor Plant We See. But They Are So ,##,,,####
,#,#,,,#,, Beautiful! We Wait Just Until Father #,#,,#,,,,
####,,##,, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ###,##,,,,
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,,######,# 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. #,,#,,,,,,
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