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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 .##..#.#.#
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.#.#..#.#. 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 .##..#.#.#
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