The Hares and Frogs. ay

This picture of hares and frogs must be in-
tended to illustrate one of AZsop’s fables. Hares
are considered remarkably timid creatures ; and
the fable tells us that some hares once, being
weary of their lives, on account of the constant
state of alarm they lived in, determined to go

 

together to the river and drown themselves. On
the bank of the river sat a number of frogs, who,
being frightened at the approach of the hares,
and the sight of their long ears, leaped into the
water and swam away. Then the hares took
comfort, seeing there were creatures in the world
afraid also of them.
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