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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 them- 

 selves 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 : 



^Ijere 10 altoapg gome one Voorge off 

 tljan pourgelf." 



