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Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Fawn and his Mother

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3888383Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Fawn and his MotherVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE FAWN AND HIS MOTHER

A HIND said to her Fawn, who was now well grown and strong, “My son, Nature has given you a powerful body and a stout pair of horns, and I can’t think why you are such a coward as to run away from the hounds.” Just then they both heard the sound of a pack in full cry, but at a considerable distance. “You stay where you are,” said the Hind; “never mind me”: and with that she ran off as fast as her legs could carry her.