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What could I do to get away? I had gone up steep hills to tire them; and I _had_ tired them, but then I had tired myself still more. WHAT COULD I DO TO GET AWAY I HAD GONE UP STEEP HILLS TO TIRE THEM AND I HAD TIRED THEM BUT THEN I HAD TIRED MYSELF STILL MORE
_he_ had been sitting, and they all went by without finding it out.” “Well,” said Tommy Smith, “that may have been very clever, but I don’t think it was at all kind to the other hare.” The hare looked a little surprised at this, as if he had not thought of it before. “One hare should help another, you know,” he said; “and, besides, I daresay the dogs did not catch him after all. _He_ may have found _another_ hare.” Tommy Smith was just beginning with “Oh, but”—when the hare said, “Never mind!” rather impatiently, and then he continued, “And now I am going to tell you something which will show you that, although I am not a large or a fierce animal, I can sometimes be revenged on those who injure me, though they are larger and fiercer than myself.” “Oh, do tell me,” said Tommy Smith, for the hare had paused a little, and seemed to be thinking. “Ah!” he began again; “how well I remember it. I was very nearly caught that time. How fast the greyhounds ran, and how close behind me they were! E SO THE DOGS HAVE FOLLOWED HIM INSTEAD OF ME I SAT DOWN WHERE HE HAD BEEN SITTING AND THEY ALL WENT BY WITHOUT FINDING IT OUT WELL SAID TOMMY SMITH THAT MAY HAVE BEEN VERY CLEVER BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS AT ALL KIND TO THE OTHER HARE THE HARE LOOKED A LITTLE SURPRISED AT THIS AS IF HE HAD NOT THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE ONE HARE SHOULD HELP ANOTHER YOU KNOW HE SAID AND BESIDES I DARE SAY THE DOGS DID NOT CATCH HIM AFTER ALL HE MAY HAVE FOUND ANOTHER HARE TOMMY SMITH WAS JUST BEGINNING WITH OH BUT WHEN THE HARE SAID NEVER MIND RATHER IMPATIENTLY AND THEN HE CONTINUED AND NOW I AM GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING WHICH WILL SHOW YOU THAT ALTHOUGH I AM NOT LARGE OR A FIERCE ANIMAL I CAN SOMETIMES BE REVENGED ON THOSE WHO INJURE ME THOUGH THEY ARE LARGER AND FIERCER THAN MYSELF OH DO TELL ME SAID TOMMY SMITH FOR THE HARE HAD PAUSED A LITTLE AND SEEMED TO BE THINKING AH HE BEGAN AGAIN HOW WELL I REMEMBER IT I WAS VERY NEARLY CAUGHT THAT TIME HOW FAST THE GREYHOUND RAN AND HOW CLOSE BEHIND ME THEY WERE
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