IN LEGEND AND FABLE 



SI 



The maid forgot the instruction, and when 

 hermistress sat downat table the dinnerwas so 

 hot that it burned her mouth. 

 The mistress was very 

 angry, and said to her 

 servant : — 



"Because you 

 have disobeyed me, 

 I, for your negli- 

 gence, change you 

 into a bird. And as 

 further punishment fo 

 getting my food too 

 warm, I condemn 

 you to live always 

 in warm climates." 



And the servant"^ 

 was changed into the swallow, and forever 

 after she has lived in lands where the climate 

 is mild. 



From the peasant folk of northern France 

 comes the answer to our next question: " Why 

 do swallows build their nests in windows ? " 



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