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Aesop's Fable # 9: The Hares and the Frogs

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     \-\The Hares were so persecuted=PV {by the other beasts,} [RAVFthey did not know where to go.*INFAJ02]  \-\As soon [LAVFas they saw a single animal approach*INFDO05 them,] off they used to run.  \-\One day#NuA02 they saw a troop {of wild Horses} stampeding#ADO07 about, \C\and {in quite a panic} all the Hares scuttled off {to a lake} hard#PPA02 by, determined*GiveR14 to drown*INFDO13 themselves {rather than live*INFOP10} {in such a continual state} {of fear.}  \-\But just [LAVFas they got {near the bank} {of the lake,}] a troop {of Frogs,} frightened*GiveM10 {in their turn} {by the approach} {of the Hares} scuttled off, and jumped=CV {into the water.}  \-\"Truly," [MINJsaid one {of the Hares,}] "things are not so bad [RAVFas they seem:]
     \-\"There is always someone worse#PPA04 off {than yourself."}
 
 

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