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THE GARDENER
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The tame bird was in a cage, the free bird was in the forest.
They met when the time came, it was a decree of fate.
The free bird cries, "O my love, let us fly to wood."
The cage bird whispers, "Come hither, let us us both live in the cage."
Says the free bird, "Among bars, where is there room to spread one's wings?"
Alas," cries the cage bird, "I should not know where to sit perched in the sky."
The free bird cries, "My darling, sing the songs of the woodlands."
"The cage bird says, "Sit by my side,
