Hares, as you know, are very timid. The least shadow, sends them
scurrying in fright to a hiding place. Once they decided to die
rather than live in such misery. But while they were debating how
best to meet death, they thought they heard a noise and in a
flash were scampering off to the warren. On the way they passed a
pond where a family of Frogs was sitting among the reeds on the
bank. In an instant the startled Frogs were seeking safety in the
mud.
"Look," cried a Hare, "things are not so bad after all, for here
are creatures who are even afraid of us!"
_However unfortunate we may think we are there is always someone
worse off than ourselves._
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