IN LEGEND AND FABLE 



S3 



the poor dead mother had built her unfortu- 

 nate nest in a chimney, from that time on 

 swallows should be allowed to put their nests 

 in windows. 

 And she also 

 decreed that '^^^ 



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bats, the little monstrosities 

 which hatched out in the nest, 

 should never again be able to 



see by daylight. This explains why bats are 



blind 'by day, and why swallows build their 



nests in windows. 



Our next legend gives another reason for 



the daytime blindness of bats. I will tell 



