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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 ,,,,,#,,,#
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,######,,, Brush Of Ferns And Bushes. There Live #,#,,#,,,,
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,##,,,,##, 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 ####,#,#,,
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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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#,,,,##,,, 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. ,#,##,###,
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,#,#,,#,,, Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ##,,###,,,
,####,##,, We Will Carry It Out. #,#,#,,#,,
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,,#,,,#,## And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We #,#,,,#,,#
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