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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 ##,#,,,#,,
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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 #,,#,#,,#,
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,,,######, 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 #,,#####,,
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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 #####,#,##
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,,##,##,#, House He Suspects And Resents Our ,,,,,#,#,#
#,#,##,### Inaction. But He Doesn'T Have The #,,,,#####
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,,##,,,##, And The Orchard. But It Is Hard And We ,#,,,,##,,
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