A Hound started a Hare from her form, and pursued her for some distance; but as she gradually gained upon him, he gave up the chase.A rustic who had seen the race met the Hound as he was returning, and taunted him with his defeat."The little one was too much for you," said he."Ah, well," said the Hound, "don't forget it's one thing to be running for your dinner, but quite another to be running for your life."
To hear audio for this text, and to learn the vocabulary sign up for a free LingQ account.
Try LingQ and learn from Netflix shows, Youtube videos, news articles and more.
THE HARE AND THE HOUND
A Hound started a Hare from her form, and pursued her for some distance; but as she gradually gained upon him, he gave up the chase.A rustic who had seen the race met the Hound as he was returning, and taunted him with his defeat."The little one was too much for you," said he."Ah, well," said the Hound, "don't forget it's one thing to be running for your dinner, but quite another to be running for your life."
