The Hares and 
the Frogs 
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The Hares were so persecuted by the other beasts, they did not know where to go. As soon as they saw a single animal approach them, off they used to run. One day they saw a troop of wild Horses stampeding about, and in quite a panic all the Hares
scuttled off to a lake hard by, determined to drown themselves rather than live in such a continual state of fear. But just as they got near the bank of the lake, a troop of Frogs, frightened in their turn by the approach of the Hares scuttled off, and jumped into the water. "Truly," said one of the Hares, "things are not so bad as they seem:

There is always someone worse off than yourself

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Aesop Author of the Fable
The Hares and the Frogs

Nationality - Ethiopian 
Lifespan - Lived approximately 620 - 560 BC
Career - Aesop - Slave - Author 
Famous Works - Aesop's Fable compendium featuring:
 "The Goose With the Golden Eggs",  "The Fisher", 
"The Hares and the Frogs" and "The Sick Lion"

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