1 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome to sleep Tight Stories. This story 2 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: is about a family of chimney swifts who are building 3 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: their nests for the first time. One young couple decide 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: where to build in the chimney and make their nest. 5 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: They lay four eggs and soon have four babies to feed. 6 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: Father Swift wants to make sure the babies listen to him, 7 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: but the oldest does not always like to listen to 8 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: what he's told to do. Until one day a young 9 00:00:55,280 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: Swift tumbles in one of the chimneys of the big House. 10 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: Several families of chimney Swifts had built their homes. They 11 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: had come north in April and flown straight to this 12 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: particular place. It was the family home of this branch 13 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: of the Swifts, and every year since great grandfather Swift 14 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: discovered it, some of his children and grandchildren had come 15 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: back there to build. They were quite airy and thought 16 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: a great deal about appearances. Swifts are sure to be 17 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: judged by the chimney in which they live, they said, 18 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: and there is no use in choosing a poor one 19 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: when there are good ones to be found. Nobody would 20 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: have dared remin mind these chimney Swifts that their great 21 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: great great great grandparents lived in hollow trees, if indeed 22 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 1: any of their friends knew it, they themselves never spoke 23 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:20,839 Speaker 1: of the Swifts who still do so, and since they 24 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: had always lived in a land of chimneys, they did 25 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: not dream of the time when there were none to 26 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: be found. You can just imagine what a happy, busy 27 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: place this chimney was in the springtime, when last year's 28 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: nests were being torn down and new ones were being built. 29 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: The older Swifts were there, and those who were to 30 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: keep house for the first time. Then, of course, the 31 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 1: younger ones had married and brought new wives there, and 32 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: they had to be introduced and shown all over the chimney. 33 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: Some wanted to build nearer the top than others, and 34 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: the older ones were always advising the younger ones. It 35 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: was so hard for a Swift mother to remember that 36 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 1: her married son was old enough to decide things for himself, 37 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: and many such mothers fluttered around the son's nests, telling 38 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: them how to place each twig and giving the new 39 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: wives advice as to how to bring up the babies 40 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: who soon would come to live with them. This story 41 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: is about a young couple who built the lowest nest 42 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: of all. They were dressed alike in sleek, sooty brown feathers, 43 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,000 Speaker 1: which were of a lighter shade on their throats. Their 44 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: necks and heads were very broad, their bills short but 45 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: able to open very wide. Their wings were longer than 46 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:23,359 Speaker 1: their tails, and the quills of their tail feathers stuck out, 47 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: stiff and bare, far beyond the soft feathery part. The 48 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: swifts are all very proud of these bare quills. There 49 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: are not many birds, they say, who can show their 50 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: quills in that fashion. These quills are very useful too. 51 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: Or After a swift has broken off a tiny twig 52 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: for its nest, they have to cling to the side 53 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: of the chimney and fix it into place, and they 54 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: could not do this without supporting themselves by these tail quills. 55 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: It is hard work building nests, and you can see 56 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: that it would be. They have to cling with both feet, 57 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: support themselves with their tails, put each tiny twig in 58 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: place with their bills, and glue it there with sticky 59 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: saliva from their mouth or else with tree gum. The 60 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: young husband who was building his first home low down 61 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: in the chimney, was a sturdy and rather wilful fellow 62 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: who was very sure what he wanted, and just as 63 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: sure that he was going to get it when he 64 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 1: said I shall do this, or I am going to 65 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: have that. Other people had learned to keep still. They 66 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: sometimes had a smiling look around the bill, but they 67 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: said nothing. His wife was a sweet and sensible Swift 68 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 1: who never made a fuss about anything or bragged of 69 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: what she meant to do. Still, other Swifts who watched 70 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 1: them said that she had her way quite as often 71 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: as he had his. It was really she who had 72 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: chosen to build well down in the chimney. Her husband 73 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: had preferred to be near the top, and she had 74 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: agreed to that, but spoke of what would happen if 75 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: one of their children should fall out of the nest. 76 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: There is no need for one falling out, said mister Swift. 77 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 1: Tell them to lie, Dylan, not push around, then they 78 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: will not fall out. Missus Swift fixed one of the 79 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: feathers on the underside of her left wing, and then said, 80 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: and you do not think it would disturb you to 81 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: have our neighbors passing all the time? Yes, I do, 82 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: he replied, I have thought so from the first and 83 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: I am thinking that it might be good to build 84 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: lower for that reason, then we could be passing the others. Instead. 85 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: He flew down and pecked at the bricks in a 86 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: few places to make sure that he could fasten a 87 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: nest securely. Then he came back to his wife. I 88 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: have decided to build the lowest nest of all, he said. 89 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: But you understand it is not on account of the twochildren. 90 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: There is no sense in their moving around in the nest. 91 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: I understand, said missus Swift, and he flew away for twigs, 92 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: while she stayed behind to visit with her mother in law. 93 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: The mother in law's eyes twinkled. I believe my son 94 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: said that his children were not to move around in 95 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: the nest, she said, with a laugh. I wonder how 96 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: he is going to stop them from doing so. Tell them, 97 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 1: I suppose, answered young missus Swift, smilingly. Did he push 98 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: around at all when he was a baby, he replied 99 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: the older Swift He was the most restless child I 100 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: ever hatched. He will know more about bringing up children 101 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: after he has raised a brood or two. Don't worry, 102 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: my dear, it will come out all right. She flew off, 103 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: and the young wife went for twigs also, and thought 104 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: how happy she ought to be in having such a 105 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: mother in law. When the lowest nest was built and 106 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: the four long, pure white eggs were laid in it, 107 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: mister and Missus Swift were a very proud young couple. 108 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: The nest was so thin that one could see the 109 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: eggs through it quite plainly, but it was exceedingly round 110 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: and firm. It was not a soft nest, and it 111 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: had no real lining, although Missus Swift had laid in 112 00:09:53,679 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: one especially perfect grass blade to give it style. That 113 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: grass blade may be seen to this day by anyone 114 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: who cares to look at the nest as it lies 115 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: in a cabinet in the house. It was the only 116 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: nest in the chimney which had anything but twigs in it, 117 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: and some people wondered at Missus Swift's taste. One stout, 118 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: elderly mother Swift said she supposed it was all right, 119 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: but that she had never done such a thing, and 120 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: her children had turned out all right. However, young Missus 121 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: Swift smiled in her pretty way and did not talk back. 122 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 1: When they were planning for the four children whom they expected, 123 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: Missus Swift spoke of how patient they would have to 124 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 1: be with them. But mister Swift said, they must be 125 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: brought up to me. Mind, if I tell a child 126 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 1: once to do a thing that is enough, you will 127 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: see how I bring them up. Then he ruffled up 128 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: his feathers, puffed out his throat, and looked very important. 129 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: They did most of their visiting in the beautiful nighttime, 130 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: or it is a custom among their people to fly 131 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: and hunt and visit in the dark and rest by day. 132 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: Their busiest time is always just before the sun comes up. 133 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: And so it happened that the little boy who slept 134 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: in the room below did not often hear the rumbling 135 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: noise in the chimney as they flew in and out. 136 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 1: When they were awake, he slept quietly in his snug 137 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: little bed, And as he was waking and stretched and 138 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: getting his dimples ready for the day, the Swifts were 139 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: going to sleep after a busy night. When the baby 140 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: Swifts broke their shells and were seen for the first 141 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: time by their loving father and mother, mister Swift was 142 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: surprised to find how small. They were. Missus Swift murmured 143 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: sweet words to them and worked as hard as her 144 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: husband to find them food. There were now so many 145 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: mouths to be fed. That they flew by day as 146 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: well as by night, and often the little boy in 147 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: the room below thought he heard distant thunder, when it 148 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: was only the swifts coming down the chimney with food 149 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: for their babies. All sorts of tiny winged creatures were 150 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: brought to them to eat, or Swift's catch all their 151 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: food as they fly, and that means that they can 152 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: feed upon only such creatures as also fly. When they 153 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: were stretching up to reach the food, Missus Swift would 154 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: say to the children, now learn to move carefully, or 155 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: if you should get over the edge of the nest, 156 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 1: you will tumble down. When he was feeding them, mister 157 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 1: Swift would say, you may open your bills, but not 158 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: one of you must move beyond that twig. Do you understand. 159 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: Three of them obeyed without asking questions, But the oldest 160 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: brother was always trying to see just how far he 161 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: could go without tumbling, and he would ask his father, 162 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: you don't care if I put one wing out, do you? 163 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: He would ask, not one wing? His father would answer why. 164 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: The son would ask, I wouldn't tumble just because I 165 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 1: put one wing out. It's not listening. His father would say, 166 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: to see how far you can go without tumbling. I 167 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: did not tell you only to keep from falling out. 168 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: I told you to keep inside that twig. Then the 169 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: son would pout his bill and act very sulking, getting 170 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: close to the twig which he had been told not 171 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: to pass. When he thought his father was not looking. 172 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: He would even wriggle a little beyond it. Missus Swift 173 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: was worried, but what could she do. She noticed that 174 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: her husband did not talk so much as he used 175 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: to about making a child mind the very first time 176 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: he had spoken one night, when the Swifts had fed 177 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: their children faithfully. This son was unusually naughty. It may 178 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: be that he had eaten more than his share, or 179 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: that he had picked for the biggest insect every time 180 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: that lunch was brought. It may be, too, that he 181 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: was naughty simply because he wanted to be. His father 182 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: had just told him to be more careful, and he 183 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: made a face, yes he did, and flopped aside to 184 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 1: show what he could do without falling. Then he felt 185 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: a tiny twig on the edge of the nest break 186 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: beneath him, and he went tumbling, bumping and scraping down 187 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: into the fireplace below. He could not fly up, for 188 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: his wings were not strong enough to carry him up 189 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: such a narrow space, and his parents could not get him. 190 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: He heard his brother and sisters crying, and his mother 191 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: saying that she had always expected that to happen. Horrible, 192 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: old twig, he said, don't see why it had to break? 193 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: Should think they might build their nest stronger. Ah, I 194 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: don't care. I was sick of being told not to 195 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: wriggle anyways. Then he fluttered and sprawled through a crack 196 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: beside the screen of the grate until he was out 197 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: in the room. The little boy lay asleep in the bed, 198 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: and that frightened the young Swift When they tried to 199 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: scare each other. The bird children had always pretended that 200 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: a boy was after them. He crawled behind a picture 201 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: which leaned against the wall, and stayed there and thought 202 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 1: about his dear, dear home up in the chimney. The 203 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: little boy stirred and woke and called out, mother, mother, 204 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: there is something making a scratching noise in my room. 205 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: I think it is a bear. The young Swift sat 206 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: very still while the lady came in and hunted for 207 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: the bear. She never came near his hiding place, and 208 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: laughed at the little boy for thinking of bears. She 209 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: told him that the only bears around their town were 210 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: two legged ones, and when he asked her what that meant, 211 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: she laughed again. He peeped out from behind the picture 212 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: and saw the little boy dress himself. He heard him say, 213 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: I can't possibly get these shoes on, but I'll try 214 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: and try and try. He thought how much nicer it 215 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: was to be a swift and have all his clothes 216 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: grow on, and to go barefoot all the year. He 217 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: heard the lady say, why, you, precious boy, You did 218 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: get your shoes on after all. Then he saw them 219 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 1: go off to breakfast, racing to see who would win. 220 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: After they were gone, he fluttered out to the window, 221 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: and there the lady found him, and the little boy 222 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: danced around and wanted to touch him, but didn't quite dare. 223 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 1: The lady said, I think this must have been your bear, 224 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: and the little boy said, my teeny weeny little bitty 225 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: bear with feathers on. He heard the little boy ask too, 226 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: why the bird had so many pins sticking out of 227 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: his tail, and this made him angry. He did not 228 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: understand what pins were, but he felt that anybody ought 229 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: to know about tail quills. He didn't know much about boys, 230 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: for this was the first one he had ever seen, 231 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: and he wondered what those shiny white things were in 232 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: his mouth. He had never seen teeth, and he could 233 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: not understand. He wondered how the boy got along without 234 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: a bill. This little boy did not seem so very terrible. 235 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 1: He even acted a bit afraid of the swift. Next, 236 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: the young swift felt himself lifted gently in the lady's 237 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: hand and laid in a box with soft white stuff 238 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: in it and two small holes cut in the cover. 239 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 1: He was carried from room to room in the house 240 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: and shown to the other people. Once he heard a 241 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: strange voice say wow. And then the little boy stamped 242 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: his foot and said, go ray Teddy's silver tip. You 243 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: can't have my little bird, you hungry cat. After this, 244 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: the young swift was more scared than before, and would 245 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: have given every feather he had to be safely back 246 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: in the nest in the chimney. He was hungry too, 247 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: and he wanted to see his father and his dear mother. 248 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: He beat his wings against the sides of the box 249 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: and cried for his mother. Oh, he said, if I 250 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: were only back in the nest. I wouldn't move, I 251 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't move a bit. Then the cat me out again, 252 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:09,159 Speaker 1: and he kept still from fright. At last he was 253 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: taken into the open air and placed in the top 254 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: of a short evergreen, where the cat could not reach him. 255 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: Here he clung, weak and lonely and scared, blinking and 256 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: half blinded eyes in a light brighter than he had 257 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: yet seen. All the rest of the day. He stayed 258 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: there while his father and mother and their other children 259 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: were sleeping in the home nest. He didn't know if 260 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: he would ever see them again, but he did want 261 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: to tell them how sorry he was. After the sun 262 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 1: had set and the moon was shining, he saw his 263 00:21:54,359 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 1: father darting to and fro above him. Father, he cried, Father, 264 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: I am. 265 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 2: So sorry that I moved past the twig. I will 266 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: listen more carefully next time. His father heard and flew 267 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 2: down to talk. A fat and juicy may beetle into 268 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 2: his mouth. 269 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: You poor child, he said, eat that and don't try 270 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: to talk. You will not do such things when you 271 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: are older. I will get you some more food. When 272 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: he returned, missus Swift was with him, and they petted 273 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: and fed the young Swift all night, never scolding him 274 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: at all, because, as they said, he had been punished 275 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: quite enough and was sorry, and that was true. His 276 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: grandmother came also with a bit of food. She told 277 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: him that they would feed him every night, and that 278 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,479 Speaker 1: he should hide in the branches each day until his 279 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: feathers were grown. In three days more, she said, you 280 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: will be ready to fly, and you look more like 281 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: your father all the time. In only three days more, 282 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: she said. You can imagine how anxious the young swift 283 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 1: was during those three days, and how small he tried 284 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: to be when Silvertip was around. Surely, he thought the 285 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: sun and moon were never before so slow in marking 286 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: off the time. When at last he was ready to fly, 287 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: Silvertip was under the snowball bush near by. The young 288 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: Swift sprang into the air. Goodbye, my cat friend, he said, 289 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 1: you look hungry, but you have lost your best chance 290 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: at me. I will be a better listener now and 291 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 1: tell all the others to watch out for you. And 292 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:12,400 Speaker 1: that is the end of our story. Good Night, sleep tight.