You would be quite blind then . '' `` Swallow , Swallow , little Swallow , '' said the Prince , `` do as I command you . '' So he plucked out the Prince 's other eye , and darted down with it . He swooped past the match-girl , and slipped the jewel into the palm of her hand . `` What a lovely bit of glass , '' cried the little girl ; and she ran home , laughing . Then the Swallow came back to the Prince . `` You are blind now , '' he said , `` so I will stay with you always . '' `` No , little Swallow , '' said the poor Prince , `` you must go away to Egypt . '' `` I will stay with you always , '' said the Swallow , and he slept at the Prince 's feet . All the next day he sat on the Prince 's shoulder , and told him stories of what he had seen in strange lands . He told him of the red ibises , who stand in long rows on the banks of the Nile , and catch gold-fish in their beaks ; of the Sphinx , who is as old as the world itself , and lives in the desert , and knows everything ; of the merchants , who walk slowly by the side of their camels , and carry amber beads in their hands ; of the King of the Mountains of the Moon , who is as black as ebony , and worships a large crystal ; of the great green snake that sleeps in a palm-tree , and has twenty priests to feed it with honey-cakes ; and of the pygmies who sail over a big lake on large flat leaves , and are always at war with the butterflies . `` Dear little Swallow , '' said the Prince , `` you tell me of marvellous things , but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women . There is no Mystery so great as Misery . Fly over my city , little Swallow , and tell me what you see there . '' So the Swallow flew over the great city , and saw the rich making merry in their beautiful houses , while the beggars were sitting at the gates . He flew into dark lanes , and saw the white faces of starving children looking out listlessly at the black streets . Under the archway of a bridge two little boys were lying in one another 's arms to try and keep themselves warm . `` How hungry we are ! '' they said . `` You must not lie here , '' shouted the Watchman , and they wandered out into the rain .
Then he flew back and told the Prince what he had XXXXX .
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