Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse
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The people from the fair
were still asleep,

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and I saw a man
looking at the river flow by.

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I half-felt like talking to him.
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Further on, along the Rhone,
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in a blissful orchard
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I saw gleaners arrive.
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You can tell them
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from their boxes,
sacks and plastic bags

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which don't look anything like
the standard containers of the workers.

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My name's David,
I'm a foreman at the Cape farm.

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We often allow
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gleaners to come in
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after our pickers
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provided they remain
1 0 yards behind.

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Look, there's still
a lot left in the trees.

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We just take advantage of this.
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I collect them
so that they don't go to waste,

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and I share them out,
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we stew them or whatever.
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I want to pick them because
there're lots left as you can see.

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I don't take damaged ones,
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because my children
are very particular.

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They're used to getting the best.
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This one is damaged
so I chuck it away.

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We gleaners also discard some fruit.
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Here's an apple
which has got nothing going for it,

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it's like an ugly and stupid woman.
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It's small and sunburnt.
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Commercial value: zero.
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We can't prevent people
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from providing themselves
with apples

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once we have finished harvesting.
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So we proclaim
an official gleaning period,

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we take car registrations down,

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