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"What do you mean by 'persecuted'?" said Tommy Smith. "That is a word which I don't understand. It is too long for me." WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PERSECUTED SAID TOMMY SMITH THAT IS A WORD WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT IS TOO LONG FOR ME
, instead of flying, it galloped along over the ground; so, you see, it was not a bird at all. What was it? Tommy Smith knew well enough, for he had often seen such an animal before. “Ha!” he cried. “Puss! puss! A hare! a hare!” and he sent the stick which he had in his hand whizzing after it; but, I am glad to say, he did not hit it. The hare did not seem so very frightened. Perhaps he knew that he could run away faster than any stick thrown by a little boy could come after him. At anyrate, before he had gone far, he stopped, and then he turned round, and raised himself right up, almost on his hind legs, and looked back at Tommy Smith. “Well,” he said, as Tommy Smith came up; “you see you cannot catch me.” “No,” said Tommy Smith—he was getting quite accustomed to having talks with animals,—“you run too quickly.” “For my part,” said the hare, “I wonder how any little boy who has a kind heart can like to tease and frighten a poor, timid animal who is persecuted in so many ways as I am.” SOMETHING SOMETHING BROWN LIKE A LARK BUT EVER SO MUCH LARGER AND INSTEAD OF FLYING IT GALLOPED ALONG THE GROUND SO YOU SEE IT WAS NOT A BIRD AT ALL WHAT WAS IT TOMMY SMITH KNEW WELL ENOUGH FOR HE HAD OFTEN SEEN SUCH AN ANIMAL BEFORE HU HE CRIED PUSS BUS A HARE A HARE AND HE SENT THE STICK WHICH HE HAD IN HIS HAND WHIZZING AFTER IT BUT I AM GLAD TO SAY HE DID NOT HIT IT THE HARE DID NOT SEEM SO VERY FRIGHTENED PERHAPS HE KNEW THAT HE COULD RUN AWAY FASTER THAN ANY STICK THROWN BY A LITTLE BOY COULD COME AFTER HIM AT ANY RATE BEFORE HE HAD GONE FAR HE STOPPED AND THEN HE TURNED AROUND AND RAISED HIMSELF UP ALMOST ON HIS HIND LEGS AND LOOKED BACK AT TOMMY SMITH WELL HE SAID AS TOMMY SMITH CAME UP YOU SEE YOU CANNOT CATCH ME NO SAID TOMMY SMITH HE WAS GETTING QUITE ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING TALKS WITH ANIMALS YOU RUN TOO QUICKLY FOR MY PART SAID THE HARE I WONDER HOW ANY LITTLE BOY WHO HAS A KIND HEART CAN LIKE TO TEASE AND FRIGHTEN A POOR TIMID ANIMAL WHO IS PERSECUTED IN SO MANY WAYS AS I AM
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