{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/aesop/aes084.htm","path":"cla/aesop/aes084.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/aesop/aes084.htm","text":"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.\"","title":"The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice","type":"page"}