" Shall  I            love  you ? "

                                             said the Swallow,    who liked  to come

                                     to the point at  once, and the Reed  made him a low

                                       bow. So he  flew round and round her , touching

                                           the water with his wings, and making silver

                                                 ripples . This  was  his  courtship  ,

                                                       and  it  lasted all through

                                                                the  summer .