\-\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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