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THE HARES waged war with the Eagles, and called upon the Foxes to help them. They replied, “We would willingly have helped you, if we had not known who you were, and with whom you were fighting.”
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Author / source Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)
Period Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translation
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Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables · George Fyler Townsend translation · Fable 183: The Hares and the Foxes
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