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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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######,,,# 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 ,,,,,,####
#,,#####,, 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 ###,#,##,#
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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 #,########
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#,##,,,#,, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,#,,,,,,,#
##,#,,##,# Cutting To Us As Well, Untrusting That ##,,,,,,#,
,###,#,### We Will Carry It Out. ,#,,,,,###
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#,#,,,#,,, Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And ,#,,,##,#,
###,,##,,, Falls Asleep As Soon As He Returns. We ##,,#,####
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