The Swallow the Serpent and the Court of Justice
A SWALLOW returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds. A Serpent gliding past the nest from its hole in the wall ate up the young unfledged nestlings. The Swallow finding her nest empty lamented greatly and exclaimed: "Woe to me a stranger! that in this place where all others rights are protected I alone should suffer wrong.