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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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#,,,##,,,# 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 #,##,#,#,,
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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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#,#,#,#,,# 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. ,,#,,,####
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##,,,,,##, Reluctantly Leave The Outdoor Weed ,######,#,
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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 ,,##,##,#,
,,###,##,# Are Distracted. We Are Not As ,,#,##,###
#,#,,##,## Persistent As Father And Quickly Fall #,###,##,,
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