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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 .#.#.#.#.#
.#.##.##.# 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 .#.#.#.#.#
.#.##.##.# 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 .#.#.#.#.#
.#..#..#.# 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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.#..#..#.# Now He Leaves As Soon As He'S Awake And .#.#.#.#.#
.#.##.##.# 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 .#.#.#.#.#
.#..#..#.# Are Distracted. We Are Not As .#.#.#.#.#
.#.##.##.# Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall .#.#.#.#.#
.#..#..#.# Behind In Our Duties. .#.#.#.#.#
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