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,,,#,#,,#, 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 ###,#,,,,,
#,#,,,#,## 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 ##,,,,####
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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 ,,########
,#,##,,,## 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 ,,##,,,###
,,###,#,## We Will Carry It Out. #,#,#,,#,,
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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 ##,,,,#,,#
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