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