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,#,###,##, 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 #,,,,,####
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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 #,,#,#,##,
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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 ###,,##,,,
,,##,#,,,# 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 ,#,#,###,,
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,#,##,#,,, 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 ###,,,####
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,#,###,##, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We #,,##,##,,
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