Why is the father
Distant from the children?
Why is the mother
In tears for them?
She has much to care for —
A sheepskin in the heat,
He is to strip them to their shorts
In icy colds.

Dad understands his part,
Gives the children freedom.
Mother warms with care,
For what is hers is dear to her.

He lets go, yet holds,
And the child grows.
Teaches how to live
This, and that.