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The Sparrow and the Hare

Public Domain Translation of Aesop's Fables Selections

From George Fyler Townsend, for About.com

A Hare pounced upon by an eagle sobbed very much and uttered cries like a child. A Sparrow upbraided her and said, "Where now is thy remarkable swiftness of foot? Why were your feet so slow?" While the Sparrow was thus speaking, a hawk suddenly seized him and killed him. The Hare was comforted in her death, and expiring said, "Ah! you who so lately, when you supposed yourself safe, exulted over my calamity, have now reason to deplore a similar misfortune."

Read the following selections from Aesop
P. 1. The Sick Stag
P. 2 The Sparrow and the Hare
P. 3 The Stag in the Ox-Stall
P. 4 The Swallow and the Crow
P. 5 The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice

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