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#,####,##, 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 ,#,#,,,,,,
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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 #,#,##,#,#
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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. ##,#,#,,#,
#,,,####,# It Is Not Long Before He Is Still Tired ,#####,###
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#,##,,#,,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed #,,,#,#,,#
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#,##,###,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,###,#,###
##,##,,#,, Are Left To Care For Us And The House #,,####,,,
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