THE HARE. 
When I was by the ash wood a day or two ago, 
I sat to rest on the top rail of the gate. As I did 
not move at all for a longtime, a Hare, who was in 
the wood, did not know I was near, and so came 
out to feed just at my feet. It was a good big 
Hare, and had a fine pair of long ears ; I was very 
glad it did not see me, for the Hare is very shy, 
and will run away if any one goes near it. Its 
eyes are full and dark, and it can see any body a 
very long way off; it does not shut them even 
when it is at rest. It runs very fast, with a kind of 
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