. The swallow book; the story of the swallow told in legends, fables, folk songs, proverbs, omens and riddles of many lands . 50 THE SWALLOW own pleasure alone, and that rarely and inlonely places. But it is better, replied the swans, tosing little and well for a few choice soulsthan, like you, to sing much and poorlyfor all. Why do the swallows choose warm cli-mates in which to live? We know that atthe approach of the cold season they migrateeach year to the south. To explain thishabit we have a fanciful legend of the Rou-manian folk. Why the Swallow Lives in WarmClimates A Legend of Roumania
. The swallow book; the story of the swallow told in legends, fables, folk songs, proverbs, omens and riddles of many lands . 50 THE SWALLOW own pleasure alone, and that rarely and inlonely places. But it is better, replied the swans, tosing little and well for a few choice soulsthan, like you, to sing much and poorlyfor all. Why do the swallows choose warm cli-mates in which to live? We know that atthe approach of the cold season they migrateeach year to the south. To explain thishabit we have a fanciful legend of the Rou-manian folk. Why the Swallow Lives in WarmClimates 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 verycareful to get it neither too hotnor too IN LEGEND AND FABLE SI The maid forgot the instruction, and whenhermistress sat downat table the dinnerwas sohot that it burned her mistress was veryangry, and said to herservant:— Because youhave disobeyed me,I, for your negli-gence, change youinto a bird. And asfurther punishment fogetting my food toowarm, I condemnyou to live alwaysin warm climates. And the servant^was changed into the swallow, and foreverafter she has lived in lands where the climateis mild. From the peasant folk of northern Francecomes the answer to our next question: Whydo swallows build their nests in windows ?
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