Choose from (A - E) the one which best fits each space (12 - 16).

E. " To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract.

A. His hair is brown and crisp, and his lips are red as a pomegranate, and he has large and dreamy eyes.

B. Pluck out one of them and take it to him.

C. " What a distinguished stranger! "

D. Through this he darted, and came into the room.

E. " To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract.

" To-night I go to Egypt, " said the Swallow, and he was in high spirits at the prospect. He visited all the public monuments, and sat a long time on top of the church steeple. Wherever he went the Sparrows chirruped, and said to each other, (12) _________ so he enjoyed himself very much.

When the moon rose he flew back to the Happy Prince. " Have you any commissions for Egypt? " he cried; " I am just starting."

" Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, " said the Prince, " will you not stay with me one night longer? "

" I am waited for in Egypt, " answered the Swallow. (13) _________ The river-horse couches there among the bulrushes, and on a great granite throne sits the God Memnon. All night long he watches the stars, and when the morning star shines he utters one cry of joy, and then he is silent. At noon the yellow lions come down to the water's edge to drink. They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.

" Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, " said the Prince, " far away across the city I see a young man in a garret. He is leaning over a desk covered with papers, and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets. (14) ___________ He is trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre, but he is too cold to write any more. There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint."

" I will wait with you one night longer, " said the Swallow, who really had a good heart. " Shall I take him another ruby? "

" Alas! I have no ruby now, " said the Prince; " my eyes are all that I have left. They are made of rare sapphires, which were brought out of India a thousand years ago (15) _____________ He will sell it to the jeweller, and buy food and firewood, and finish his play."

" Dear Prince, " said the Swallow, " I cannot do that"; and he began to weep.

" Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, " said the Prince, " do as I command you."

So the Swallow plucked out the Prince's eye, and flew away to the student's garret. It was easy enough to get in, as there was a hole in the roof. (16) _____________ The young man had his head buried in his hands, so he did not hear the flutter of the bird's wings, and when he looked up he found the beautiful sapphire lying on the withered violets.