Suad and the Sparrow (Children's Corner)

1 — Baby Suad is trying to eat an apple, when down from its nest drops a little sparrow, paying no heed to his mother's warnings against keeping company with people.

2 — He alights on the little girl's arm, and she shrieks with fright; but soon she warms to his light, gentle hops as he tickles her head, then her arm, and at last her leg...

3 — And they played together all afternoon. And what sadness haunted the sparrow's eyes as he fluttered off, fleeing to his nest, when a loud voice from the house called his sweet companion — for suppertime had come!