But they know a lot
As we realized here on our field work
We had to ask them for some explanation
On some of the uses of the rivers
They even had to write down on our hands
The many values of the water resources
So that we may not forget
As we went ahead with our field work
But as I left them behind
Something kept on nagging my mind
If they know so well
Who taught them
Then I realized
They are natural scientists
Then I asked myself
What did we do to deserve them
And I knew then
That we did nothing to deserve them
Only that they loved us so much
To forsake us
They are our mothers
The mother figures of the world
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