88 BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 



occupied, and the world is young and green and full of 

 promise, a deep contentment possessing the beholder's mind. 

 Of all dancers, the swallows, the aerial dancers, are the most 

 graceful, the loveliest. Yet men and cats kill them, the one 

 for " sport " or to decorate their womenkind's hats, the other 

 for "sport" too, for they do not eat them. 



