I will now tell you a story of a very different animal--the timid little
hare--which has to depend for safety, not, like the bear, on strength,
but on speed and cunning.
A poor little hare was one day closely pursued by a brace of greyhounds,
when, seeing a gate near, she ran for it. The bars were too close to
allow the hounds to get through, so they had to leap over the gate. As
they did so, the hare, perceiving that they would be upon her the next
instant, turned round, and ran again under the gate, where she had just
before passed. The impetus of the hounds had sent them a considerable
distance, and they had now to wheel about and leap once more over the
upper bar of the gate. Again she doubled, and returned by the way she
had come; and thus, going backwards and forwards, the dogs followed till
they were fairly tired out, while the little hare, watching her
opportunity, happily made her escape.
You may learn a lesson even from this little hare, never to yield to
difficulties. Persevere, and you will surmount them at last.