The Hares and the Frogs

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The Hares and the Frogs
        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."