A Hound having started a Hare from his form, after a long run, gave up the chase. A Goat-herd, seeing him stop, mocked him, saying: "The little one is the best runner of the two." The hound replied; "You do not see the difference between us; I was only running for a dinner, but he for his life." Aesop Author of the Fable: The Hare and the Hound Nationality of Aesop - Ethiopian or Greek or Greek Lifespan of Aesop - He lived approximately 620 - 560 BC Life of Aesop - Slave - Author of the book of fables Famous Works - Aesop's Fable book featuring: "The Goose With the Golden Eggs", "The Fisher", "The Hare and the Hound" and "The Sick Lion"
The Hare and the Hound Fable A Free Aesop's Fable with a moral for kids & children Moral: Incentive spurs effort. |