Hares and Frogs

Once, the hares gathered and began to lament their lives:
— We perish at the hands of humans, dogs, eagles, and other beasts. It’s better to die once than to live in fear and suffer. Let’s drown ourselves!

And so, the hares hopped off to the lake to drown themselves. The frogs heard the hares and splashed into the water.
One hare said:
— Stop, friends! Let’s hold off on drowning: it seems the frogs’ life is even worse than ours—they’re afraid of us!

More fairy tales

• The Fox, the Hare, and the Rooster
• The Man, the Bear, and the Fox
• Marya Morevna
• The Master and the Peasant
• The Tale of the Rejuvenating Apples and the Living Water