There was a Swallow who was once returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there gave seven eggs and 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: "How sad to me a
stranger! that in this place where all others'
rights are protected, I alone should suffer
wrong."