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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
the trench, to feed our little ones with before
they got accustomed to the same food as their
parents. But you must know that we are
always surrounded on all sides by innumerable
rascally thieves, who steal our eggs, of which
one alone contains as much food as
twenty-five of those of the common fowl. The
white vulture of Egypt will hover over our
nest when, during the heat of the day, we leave
our eggs to the care of the sunbeams,—for the
blessed parent orb matures everything faster
than anything else can in this world,—and when
the cunning bird sees an opportunity he drops
a stone from his talons so as to smash some
eggs, after which he descends to hold a feast.
Then the rascally jackal prowls about our nests;
he knocks the eggs together, to break them
and get at their contents. And the dread
hyena steals them, and rolls them away,
hiding them for future use. Worst of all,
however, is man. There was one Hassan who
had discovered our nest, and came to steal
these outside eggs for food for his family, but
as he left an impression on the sands with his
sandals, he used, on returning from the nest
with his spoil, to turn round at every step and
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