Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice
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THE SWALLOW, THE SERPENT, AND THE COURT OF JUSTICE.
A Swallow, returning from abroad, and ever 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."