Fear Overcome By Fear

Once upon a time the hares held a meeting and bewailed the state  of fear and uncertainty in which they lived. For they were the prey of  men, dog's,eagles and many other animals. It was better, they said, to die and be done with it than to live all their lives in terror and trembling. Having decided thus, they all set off together to a pond with the intention of jumping into it and drowning themselves. At the sound of their feet some frogs which were sitting round the pond leaped into the water. Then one of the hares, who was evidently wiser than the rest, cried, 'friends, do not do this terrible thing. For you see now that there are creatures even more tormented by fear than we are. "The fable shows that those in misfortune may find consolation from seeing other who are in worse plight"