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#,#,,#,#,# Large Bend Like A Scooping Hand And A ,#,,,#,#,#
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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 ,,#,###,##
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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 ####,,#,,,
,,#,##,,,# 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 ##,,,#,###
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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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,###,##### And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,##,,#####
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