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"Why, what enemies have you?" said Tommy Smith. "Plenty," the hare said. WHY WHAT ENEMIES HAVE YOU SAID TOMMY SMITH PLENTY THE HARE SAID
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.” “What do you mean by ‘persecuted’?” said Tommy Smith. “That is a word which I don’t understand. It is too long for me.” “It is a great pity,” the hare went on, “that a little boy should always be _doing_ something which he does not know the word for. To ‘persecute’ people is to be very cruel to them, and whenever you hurt, or annoy, or frighten, or ill-treat any of us animals, then you are persecuting us.” “If I had known that,” said Tommy Smith, “I would not have done it.” “Then you mustn’t do it any more,” said the hare; “and especially not to me, because I have so many enemies who are always trying to injure me.”  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 WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PERSECUTED SAID TOMMY SMITH THAT IS A WORD WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT IS TOO LONG FOR ME IT IS A GREAT PITY THE HARE WENT ON THAT A LITTLE BOY SHOULD ALWAYS BE DOING SOMETHING WHICH HE DOES NOT KNOW THE WORD FOR TO PERSECUTE PEOPLE IS TO BE VERY CRUEL TO THEM AND WHENEVER YOU HURT OR ANNOY OR FRIGHTEN OR ILL TREAT ANY OF US ANIMALS THEN YOU ARE PERSECUTING US IF I'D KNOWN THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH I WOULD NOT HAVEE IT THEN YOU MUSTN'T DO IT ANY MORE SAID THE HARE AND ESPECIALLY NOT TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY ENEMIES WHO ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO INJURE ME
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