no 



THE SWALLOW 



the Germans. The Dutch put it this way: 

 " When the swallows go, the sparrows re- 

 main." 



The swallow loves her pretty nest and the 

 Germans love their comfortable homes, so 

 naturally we have a ^. - group of German 



^ proverbs which 

 "^ express this 



common sentiment : "An old mother swallow 

 knows her own nest," "The swallow gladly 

 returns to her nest," " When the swallows go 



