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#,,#,,,#,# Forgotten Apple Orchard. Our House Is ,,,,##,,,#
#,##,,###, Built Of Dark Clay And Abandoned By A ,,,#,#,,#,
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,,,####,,# The Luscious Caves Below Ground. They ##,,#,,,##
,,#,,,#,#, Mean No Harm But It Is Not In Our Best ,#,##,,#,#
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,,,##,,#,# Every Morning Our Father Clears The ,#,#,##,,#
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#,,,,#,,## Leaves Are Teal, White And Yellow, Some ,,,#,,,###
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,,#,,,,,## 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 ,,,#,,,#,#
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#,##,#,,,# 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 #,,,#,#,##
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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 ,,,#,#,,#,
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,,,,#,,##, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We #,,,#,,,,#
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