The Fawn and His Mother

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The Fawn and His Mother
        A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog,
        and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as
        a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?"
        She smiled, and said:
        "I know full well, my son, that all you say
        is true.
        I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even
        the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as
        fast as I can."
       
        No arguments will give courage to the coward.