The
owl
and
the
hare.
It
was
dusk.
The
owls
began
to
fly
through
the
forest
to
find
some
prey.
A
large
hare
leaped
out
on
a
clearing
and
began
to
smooth
out
his
fur.
An
old
owl
looked
at
the
hare,
and
seated
himself
on
a
branch;
but
a
young
owl
said
to
him:
"Why
do
you
not
catch
the
hare?"
The
old
owl
said:
"He
is
too
much
for
me:
if
I
get
caught
in
him,
he
will
drag
me
into
the
woods."
But
the
young
owl
said:
"I
will
stick
one
claw
into
his
body,
and
with
the
other
I
will
clutch
a
tree."
The
young
owl
made
for
the
hare,
and
stuck
one
claw
into
his
back
so
that
all
his
talons
entered
the
flesh,
and
the
other
claw
it
got
ready
to
push
into
the
tree.
The
hare
yanked
the
owl,
while
the
owl
held
on
to
the
tree,
and
thought,
"He
will
not
get
away."
The
hare
darted
forward
and
tore
the
owl.
One
claw
was
left
in
the
tree,
and
the
other
in
the
hare's
back.
The
next
year
a
hunter
killed
that
hare,
and
wondered
how
the
owl's
talons
had
grown
into
the
hare's
back.
This is a Public Domain story This is a Public Domain story. Originally written by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). --SpeedReading4PreSchoolers.com