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#,##,,##,# Stands Our House In The Middle Of A ,##,##,##,
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,######,## 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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#,#,,####, 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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,,##,###,, 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 ,##,#,,,#,
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,,,,##,,#, Important Things Elsewhere. He Is Weary ,,#,,,,,#,
,,,#,#,##, When He Returns Home, Each Day More So ,##,,,,##,
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,#,,,,#### 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 ###,,#,,##
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#,#,####,# Decoration In Our House. But When ,###,###,#
####,,,### Father Comes Home He Is Angry And Cuts #,,##,,##,
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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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####,,#,#, We Will Carry It Out. ,##,,####,
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,#,,#,,### Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ,,,,#,####
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