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212.The Lion and the Hare

A LION came across a hare who was fast asleep. He was just in the act of seizing her, when a fine young hart trotted by, and he left the hare to follow him. The hare, scared by the noise, awoke and scudded away. The lion was unable after a long chase to catch the hart, and returned to feed on the hare. On finding that the hare also had run off, he said,

“I deserved what I got, for having let go of the food that I had in my hand for the chance of obtaining more.”

Don’t nurse your sorrows.

A Bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.