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Updated: May 29, 2025
Even as he spoke there floated down from the clear air overhead a soft "tittle-ittle-ittle-ee," as though some bird were laughing for happiness.
The alder tassels fluttered and danced in the spring breeze, while the smallest and shyest of the willow pussies crept from their little brown houses on the branches to grow in the sunshine. "Tittle-ittle-ittle-ee! Tittle-ittle-ittle-ee!" And this time it was louder and clearer than before. "The Swallows!" cried the Oxen to each other.
"Tittle-ittle-ittle-ee!" and there was a sudden darkening of the sky above their heads, a whirr of many wings, a chattering and laughing of soft voices, and the Swallows had come. Perched on the ridge-pole of the big barn, they rested and visited and heard all the news.
"I want you to help me make a home under the eaves, a lovely little nest of mud and straw, where you can rest as you are now doing, while I bring food to you. Will you?" "Yes," she cried. "Tittle-ittle-ittle-ee! Oh, tittle-ittle-ittle-ee!" And she flew far up into the blue sky, while he followed her, twittering and singing. "Where are those young people going?" said an older Swallow.
"Tittle-ittle-ittle-ee," laughed the Swallow, as she darted away and alighted on the fence by the Nigh Ox. "Why isn't the Gray Goose in swimming with the rest?" asked she. "Because she can't push her fat body through that hole in the fence," said the Nigh Ox, switching his tail toward it as he spoke. "Why doesn't she go through the gateway, then?" asked the Swallow.
"We have new neighbors in the barn," said he, "and the Cat is purring louder than ever." "Who are the neighbors?" asked the Dappled Gray. "Kittens!" sang the Swallow. "Oh, tittle-ittle-ittle-ee." The Blind Horse drew a long breath. "Then I did hear her purr," said he; "I am so glad."
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