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.....#.... The River That'S Our River Makes A #....#...#
#.....#... 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. .#.##....#
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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 .###....#.
...#.....# Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall .#.##....#
#...#..... Behind In Our Duties. ...###....
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