HARE was very popular with the 

 other beasts who all claimed to 

 be her friends. But one day she 

 heard the hounds approaching and 

 hoped to escape them by the aid of her many 

 Friends. So she went to the horse, and asked 

 him to carry her away from the hounds on 

 his back. But he declined, stating that he 

 had important work to do for his master. 

 " He felt sure," he said, " that all her other 

 friends would come to her assistance." She 

 then applied to the bull, and hoped that he 

 would repel the hounds with his horns. The 

 bull replied : " I am very sorry, but I have 

 an appointment with a lady ; but I feel sure 

 that our friend the goat will do what you 

 want." The goat, however, feared that his 

 back might do her some harm if he took 

 her upon it. The ram, he felt sure, was the 



