HIS KINDNESS TO OTHERS 75 
what birds live in a place, he can bring them all 
around him by making a sound like a young 
bird in distress. All who hear it will come to 
see what is the matter. 
Let me tell you a story of some young swal- 
lows. They were able to fly a little, and were 
sitting together on a roof, when a lady who 
was watching them noticed that one of them 
seemed to be weak, and not able to stand up. 
When the parents came with food, the others 
stood up and opened their mouths, and so were 
fed, but this little one hardly ever got a morsel. 
If birds had no love for each other, as many 
people think, these strong little ones would not 
-have cared if their brother did starve; but what 
did the lady see? She says that two of the 
strong young swallows came close up to their 
weak brother, one on each side. They put their 
beaks under his breast and lifted him up on to 
his legs, and then crowded so close against him 
that their little bodies propped him up, and held 
him there; so that he had his chance of being 
fed as well as they. 
Many times birds have been seen who were 
blind or old, or who had a wing or a leg broken, 
or were in some way hurt so that they could not 
take care of themselves, and they were being 
waited upon by other birds, fed, and led to the 
water to drink and bathe. 
