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too, to enjoy its triumph ; its wings were fluttered with 

 great velocity, and great pleasure was perceptible in all 

 its movements. Meanwhile the swallow sat meekly at a 

 little distance, and never ofiPered the slightest opposition ; 

 but no sooner was the plunder carried away, than it went 

 to work with unabated energy, and in a few days repaired 

 the depredations. 





