Conversation With Young Ladies

'Look there, a wee swallow, a pretty
Nest has built for her small darlings;
And busily round it goes flitting.
Oh, isn't the picture just charming!'

'Yes, most illustrious young ladies,
In this there is something of wonder;
In this sweet nest from mud she has made both
The walls and the floor the goes under!'

Maxim Bahdanovich 1912