Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Crane: The Hares and The Frogs

Timid Hares, from the trumpeting wind,
Fled as swift as the fear in their mind;
Till in fright from their fear,
From the green sedges near,
Leaping Frogs left their terror behind.

OUR OWN ARE NOT THE ONLY TROUBLES


Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 54.
Lepus et Testudo; Lepores et Ranae

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