70 THE SWALLOW 



After a while the swallow became tired 

 and she settled herself upon the wings of 

 the raven, and in this way she was able to 

 keep pace with him. When they came to 

 their destination the swallow quickly leaped 

 down from the raven's back, looked up at 

 him and said : — 



" Well, here I am, too ! " 



The Swallow and the Cock 



Fable of Mozambique 



A swallow one day went to pay a visit to 

 her friend the cock. The cock offered her a 

 sweetmeat made of almonds. While eating 

 it, the swallow observed that at her house in 

 preparing this delicacy she always cooked 

 herself in the kettle with the almonds. The 

 cock could scarcely believe such a tale, 

 whereupon the swallow invited him to come., 

 to her home and see for himself. 



The next day he came, and there was the 

 sweetmeat boiling on the stove. Soon he 

 saw the swallow flying high above the boili 



