Aesop's Fables -The Hares and the Frogs

The Hares and the Frogs

The Hares were so persecuted by the other beasts, they did not know what to do. As soon as they saw a single animal approach them, off they’d to run in fear. One day they saw a herd of wild horses stampeding about, and in quite a panic  all the Hares scuttled off to a lake nearby, determined to drown themselves rather than live in such a continual state of fear. But just as they got near the bank of the lake, a group of Frogs, frightened by the Hares scuttled off, and jumped into the water. "Truly," said one of the Hares, "we are not the only ones to be frightened. Everyone has their own problems to deal with.”