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.#.##.#.#. The River That'S Our River Makes A .#.##..#.#
.#..#.#.#. 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 .#..#.##.#
.#.##.#.#. Out. .#.##..#.#
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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.) .#.##..#.#
.#..#.#.#. .#..#.##.#
.#.##.#.#. 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. .#..#.##.#
.#.##.#.#. .#.##..#.#
.#..#.#.#. 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. .#..#.##.#
.#.##.#.#. .#.##..#.#
.#..#.#.#. 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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