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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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#,#,,###,# 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 #,,#,#,,,,
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###,,##,#, 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 #,#,#,,#,,
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