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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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,#,##,,##, 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 ##,##,####
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#,#,,#,,## Father Is Away During The Day Doing ,##,,##,,#
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##,,##,### 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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,,#,#,,##, 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 ,,,#####,,
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,,#####,#, 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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,#,###,##, Comes Home And Until Then We Enjoy ,###,,,##,
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,,#,#####, 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. ##,#,###,,
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,,,######, Are Left To Care For Us And The House ###,,####,
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