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When I was a child, swallows in my hometown

"In the past, swallows flew into the homes of ordinary people before the king thanked the hall." Wherever a swallow goes, it is always a symbol of happiness.

When I was a child, my parents and I lived in an adobe house, which was dark and humid. I never thought that swallows would settle in our house.

Our village is small, that is, there were more than 0/00 people at that time, but the Woods are big, and there are Woods around the village for one or two miles. My house is in the Woods. Now think about life at that time, it really feels like a paradise.

I like swallows, not only because of that poem, but also because of a sentence that my mother is familiar with: "Swallows are spiritual, and whoever settles down will bring good luck!" If the weather is neither too cold nor too hot, I like to stay in the yard, especially in spring. The lush trees, butterflies and swallows are in sharp contrast with the world in the adobe house.

I prefer to watch swallows in the yard. Swallows fly and bring me excitement. Swallows fly away, which brings me regret. Many times, I hope that the swallow can settle down in my home and live in my adobe house, but I also know that this is impossible.

Once, I heard from my grandfather that the swallow had settled in the cowshed of the production team, and I was shocked at once-my adobe house is always higher than the cowshed of the team! Fortunately, in despair, one mid-spring morning, I saw two swallows hovering in my yard, flying from the window lattice to the dark room from time to time. Facing the scene in front of me, I was ecstatic and quickly opened the door a little wider to let them in and out freely. On the purlin opposite the door, I clearly saw that the small mud mark was round, and the diligent swallow had completed the preliminary project of settling down. I trotted all the way to tell my parents in other places that the swallow has settled in my home and let them know that our good luck has come.

My parents are as happy as I am. In those days, we have been eating in the yard for fear of disturbing the lovely swallows and causing them to abandon us. Swallows built a nest and flirted in it, which made my parents and I laugh. After a long time, the swallows are familiar with us and are not afraid of us at all. They often walk around our yard and even pass our foreheads. Watching swallows fly and listening to swallows call have also become a part of our lives.

One morning after school, I often looked up at the swallow nest to see what happened to the lovely little guys. Unexpectedly, the nest of "Haw Haw" swallows is a mess, and there are swallows. One, two, three, four and five swallows, all with small heads and yellow mouths, are waiting for their parents to feed them. During that time, two swallows were very busy, shuttling back and forth all day, nursing their children. The swallow is getting better every day and eating more and more. The old swallows and their wives are busier. They fly away and come back in a hurry. They seldom stay on the branches for a minute.

The old swallow has come to an end, the little swallow can fly and forage, and a new swallow family has formed a scale. A flock of swallows, playing, singing and circling in the yard, even flew to the neighbor's house to find a new place to live. "Swallow came back to find the old base", another spring came, and the swallow returned to my adobe house. Because there were too many members, they built a new nest in the neighbor's mill and the family lived together. In my childhood memory, in those years when I was accompanied by swallows, my family and neighbors lived in harmony and my children were sensible. I have never heard of anyone suffering from any disease. Just in response to my mother's words: "Swallows will bring good luck to my family!" " "