Aesop | Greece
The Hares and The Frogs
Persecuted Hares run from horses, contemplate drowning, but realize Frogs are even more afraid, finding solace in shared fear.
In a green forest, the hares were always scared. They ran away whenever they saw another animal, afraid it might hurt them. One sunny day, they saw a group of wild horses running nearby. Scared, the hares decided it was better to jump into a lake than to live in fear.
As they ran toward the lake, they saw some frogs jumping away in fear. When the frogs saw the hares coming, they jumped into the water to hide. One hare stopped and watched.
"Look," he said, "those frogs are more scared than we are."
This made all the hares stop and think. They realized that they were not the only ones feeling scared. Seeing the frogs, they understood that other animals felt the same fear, or even more. They still felt afraid, but now they knew they were not alone in their fear.
