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But they had kept close after me all the time, and now they were just at my heels. Then I doubled. Oh, how close I lay on the ground as the greyhounds leaped over me! BUT THEY HAD KEPT CLOSE AFTER ME ALL THE TIME AND NOW THEY WERE JUST AT MY HEELS THEN I DOUBLED OH HOW CLOSE I LAY ON THE GROUND AS THE GREYHOUNDS LEAPED OVER ME
ay 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! 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. I had run up one side of a hedge and down the other, so that they should not see me, and then I had gone through the roughest and thorniest part of that hedge, in hopes that they would not be able to follow. ELP 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 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 I HAD RUN UP ONE SIDE OF THE HEDGE AND DOWN THE OTHER SO THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE ME AND THEN I HAD GONE THROUGH THE ROUGHEST AND THORNIEST PARTS OF THE HEDGE IN HOPES THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FOLLOW
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