HOME ON THE UPPER AMAZON

When the river rises every year, your feet will stay dry

Your house is on stilts and is up relatively high

The dog is lying at the top of the stairs

It is easy to see with his white hair.

This is the home where

 The dog lives

Along with his family

On the edge of a river that gives

Food for them to eat, so they can all live.

This is the kitchen in the house on the river. It has it all.

You cook with a wood fire and red-hot embers

Your eggs are fresh from the box below

The stove is just right, not too tall.

Cooking is simple but

Rather slow.

This is the washing machine every family has one.

They work best in the morning, about dawn, but

Not very well in the hot midday sun.

They wash all that is soiled.

If it is very bad, it has 

To be boiled.

They only last a short time

And are replaced with the next in line.