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"Bravo!" cried Tommy Smith. The hare looked very pleased, and said, "I see that you are not at all a stupid boy, so I will tell you something else. Now, supposing you were being chased across the fields by a lot of dogs, and you were to come to a flock of sheep, what would you do?" BRAVO CRIED TOMMY SMITH THE HARE LOOKED VERY PLEASED AND SAID I SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT AT ALL A STUPID BOY SO I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE NOW SUPPOSING YOU ARE BEING CHASED ACROSS THE FIELDS BY A LOT OF DOGS AND YOU WEREN'T TO COME TO A FLOCK OF SHEEP WHAT WOULD YOU DO
 again, he is a good way behind. When he catches up to me, I do the same thing again. This clever trick of mine is called _doubling_, and I AM so proud of it, for if it was not for that, the greyhound would catch me directly.” “Then does he never catch you?” said Tommy Smith. “He never has yet,” said the hare. “But I have other ways of getting away from him, as well as from other dogs, and I will tell you some of them. Sometimes I run under a gate. The dogs are too big to do this, so they are obliged to jump over it. Then, when they are near me, on the other side I double, in the way I told you, run as fast as I can back to the gate, and go under it again. Of course they have to jump over it a second time, and in this way I keep running under the gate and making them jump over it until they are quite tired, for, of course, it is more tiring to jump over anything than only to run under it. At last, when they are too tired to run any more, I slip quietly through a hedge and gallop away.” WAY SO THAT WHEN HE STARTS AFTER ME AGAIN HE IS A GOOD WAY BEHIND WHEN HE CATCHES UP TO ME I DO THE SAME THING AGAIN THIS CLEVER TRICK OF MINE IS CALLED DOUBLING AND I AM SO PROUD OF IT FOR IF IT WAS NOT FOR THAT THE GREYHOUND WOULD CATCH ME DIRECTLY THEN DOES HE EVER CATCH YOU ASKED TOMMY SMITH HE NEVER HAS YET SAID THE HARE BUT I HAVE OTHER WAYS OF GETTING AWAY FROM HIM AS WELL AS FROM OTHER DOGS AND I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THEM SOMETIMES I RUN UNDER A GATE THE DOGS ARE TOO BIG TO DO THIS SO THEY ARE OBLIGED TO JUMP OVER IT THEN WHEN THEY ARE NEAR ME ON THE OTHER SIDE I DOUBLE IN THE WAY I TOLD YOU AND RUN AS FAST AS I CAN BACK TO THE GATE AND GO UNDER IT AGAIN OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO JUMP OVER IT A SECOND TIME AND IN THIS WAY I KEEP RUNNING UNDER THE GATE AND MAKING THEM JUMP OVER IT UNTIL THEY ARE QUITE TIRED FOR OF COURSE IT IS MORE TIRING TO JUMP OVER ANYTHING THAN ONLY TO RUN UNDER IT AT LAST WHEN THEY ARE TOO TIRED TO RUN ANY MORE I SLIP QUIETLY THROUGH THE HEDGE AND GALLOP AWAY
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