The Hares were so persecuted by the other beasts, they did not know
where to go. As soon as they saw a single animal approach them, off
they used to run. One day they saw a troop of wild Horses stampeding
about, and in quite a panic all the Hares scuttled off to a lake hard
by, determined to drown themselves rather than live in such a continual
state of fear. But just as they got near the bank of the lake, a troop
of Frogs, frightened in their turn by the approach of the Hares
scuttled off, and jumped into the water. “Truly,” said one of the
Hares, “things are not so bad as they seem:
“There is always someone worse off than yourself.”