By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 2)

So the shepherd set out for home. On his way through the wood, he heard and understood all that was said by the birds, and by every other living creature. When he got back to his sheep, he found the flock peacefully eating the grass.

The shepherd was very tired, so he lay down near the sheep to rest a little. Just as he lay down, two birds flew down and perched on a tree nearby. They began to talk to each other in their own language. “If that shepherd o...