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THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE

fate. "You boasted of being so swift" she said, "What has come to your feet, then?"


But even as she was chuckling her own turn came. Secure in the belief that her wings would save her whatever happened, she did not reckon upon the cruel talons of the hawk.