50 THE SWALLOW 



own pleasure alone, and that rarely and in 

 lonely places." 



" But it is better," replied the swans, " to 

 sing little and well for a few choice souls 

 than, like you, to sing much and poorly 

 for all." 



Why do the swallows choose warm cli- 

 mates in which to live? We know that at 

 the approach of the cold season they migrate 

 each year to the south. To explain this 

 habit we have a fanciful legend of the Rou- 

 manian folk. 



Why the Swallow Lives in Warm 

 Climates 



A Legend of Roumania 



Saint Domenica had a maid- 

 servant, and one day before go-, 

 ing out she told the girl to pre- 

 pare her dinner and to be very 

 careful to get it neither too hot 

 nor too cold. 



