A hare was very popular with the other animals, who all claimed to be her friends.
One day she heard the hounds approaching her and hoped to
escape them by the aid of her Friends.
So, she went to the horse, and asked him to carry her
away from the hounds on his back. But he declined, stating that he had
important work to do for his master. "He felt sure," he said,
"that all her other friends would come to her assistance."
She then applied to the bull, and hoped that he would
repel the hounds with his horns. The bull replied: "I am very sorry, but I
have an appointment with a lady; but I feel sure that our friend the goat will
do what you want."
The goat, however, feared that his back might do her some
harm if he took her upon it. The ram, he felt sure, was the proper friend to
ask for help.
So she went to the ram and told him the case. The ram
replied: "Another time, my dear friend. I do not like to interfere on the
present occasion, as hounds have been known to eat sheep as well as
hares."
The hare then applied, as a last hope, to the calf, who
regretted that he was unable to help her, as he did not like to take the
responsibility upon himself, as so many older persons than himself had declined
the task.
By this time the hounds were quite near, and the hare
took to her heels and luckily escaped.
He that has many friends, has no friends.
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