Aesop's Fables · Character
The Hares
The most fearful creatures in the meadow, whose trembling dread of every shadow teaches them — and the reader — that courage is often just a matter of comparison.
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Also known as The Hares, the Hares
First appearance: The Hares and the Frogs
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The Hares inhabit Aesop's world as the byword for timidity, startled by their own shadows and ready to abandon life at the first sign of danger. Their panic is so total that it becomes a kind of lesson: when they flee…
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