The Hares and the Frogs from Aesop with video and vocabulary practice for ESL students The Hares and the Frogs is now in the public domain available at: Gutenberg Project Video of The Hares and the Frogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZSWmWHRB0 The Hares and the Frogs The hares once gathered together and lamented the unhappiness of their lot, exposed as they were to dangers on all sides and lacking the strength and the courage to hold their own. hare: an animal like a rabbit with large hind legs to lament: to express grief and sadness about something, mourn, grieve Men, dogs, birds and ...
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I find that fear related to our perspective and circumstance. When the hares see the frogs reaction, they see themselves differently and find that they are not as helpless as they thought.
You’re right. The concept of strength is considered relative among different creatures. The hares realized that they were not the weakest animals on earth as the frogs were even more vulnerable.