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• The Flight of the Beasts (Tibet).
• The Hares and the Frogs (Aesop -- edited by Samuel Croxall).
• The Hares and the Frogs (Aesop -- edited by Thomas Berwick).
• The Story of Chicken-Licken (England).
• Henny-Penny and Her Fellow Travelers(Scotland).
• Chickie Birdie (Scotland).
• Henny-Penny (England/Australia).
• The End of the World (Ireland).
• The Hen That Went to Dovrefjell to Keep the Whole World from Coming to an End(Norway).
• The Little Chicken Kluk and His Companions (Denmark).
• The End of the World (Flanders).
• The Dumb Little Animals (Alsace).
• Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise(African-American).
• Links to related sites. Return to D. L. Ashliman's folktexts, alibrary of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. The Timid Hare and the Flight of the BeastsIndiaOnce upon a time when Brahmadatta reigned in Benares, the Bodhisatta[the future Buddha] came to life as a young lion. And when fully grown helived in a wood. At this time there was near the Western Ocean a grove ofpalms mixed with vilva trees.

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A certain hare lived here beneath a palm sapling, at the foot of avilva tree. One day this hare, after feeding, came and lay down beneaththe young palm tree. And the thought struck him, "If this earth should bedestroyed, what would become of me?"

And at this very moment a ripe vilva fruit fell on a palm leaf. At thesound of it, the hare thought, "This solid earth is collapsing," andstarting up he fled, without so much as looking behind him. Another haresaw him scampering off, as if frightened to death, and asked the cause ofhis panic flight.

And at this the second hare ran after the other. And so first one andthen another hare caught sight of him running, and joined in the chasetill one hundred thousand hares all took to flight together. They wereseen by a deer, a boar, an elk, a buffalo, a wild ox, a rhinoceros, atiger, a lion, and an elephant. And when they asked what it meant and weretold that the earth was breaking up, they too took to flight. So bydegrees this host of animals extended to the length of a full league.

When the Bodhisatta saw this headlong flight of the animals, and heardthe cause of it was that the earth was coming to an end, he thought, "Theearth is nowhere coming to an end. Surely it must be some sound which wasmisunderstood by them. And if I don't make a great effort, they will allperish. I will save their lives."

So with the speed of a lion he got before them to the foot of amountain, and lion-like roared three times. They were terribly frightenedat the lion, and stopping in their flight stood all huddled together. Thelion went in amongst them and asked why there were running away.

"Near the ocean, sir, in a grove of palms mixed with vilva trees. Foras I was lying beneath the shade of a palm sapling at the foot of a vilvatree, methought, 'If this earth should break up, where shall I go?' And atthat very moment I heard the sound the breaking up of the earth, and Ifled."

Thought the lion, "A ripe vilva fruit evidently must have fallen on apalm leaf and made a 'thud,' and this hare jumped to the conclusion thatthe earth was coming to an end, and ran away. I will find out the exacttruth about it."

So he reassured the herd of animals, and said, "I will take the hareand go and find out exactly whether the earth is coming to an end or not,in the place pointed out by him. Until I return, do you stay here." Thenplacing the hare on his back, he sprang forward with the speed of a lion,and putting the hare down in the palm grove, he said, "Come, show us theplace you meant."

After hearing what the hare said, the lion went to the foot of thevilva tree, and saw the spot where the hare had been lying beneath theshade of the palm tree, and the ripe vilva fruit that fell on the palmleaf, and having carefully ascertained that the earth had not broken up,he placed the hare on his back and with the speed of a lion soon cameagain to the herd of beasts.

• Source (Internet Archive): "Daddabha-Jataka," The Jataka; or, Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, edited by E. B. Cowell, vol. 3 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1897), no. 322, pp. 49-52.
• Return to the table of contents.The Flight of the Beasts Tibet At a long distant period there stood on the shore of a lake a vilva forest. In this forest dwelt six hares. Now a vilva tree in that forest fell into the lake, thereby producing a great noise. When the six hares heard this noise, they began, as they had but small bodies, to run away full of fear. The jackals saw them running, and asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The hares replied, "There was a great noise." Thereupon the jackals also took to flight. When the monkeys saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The jackals replied, "There was a great noise." Thereupon the monkeys also took to flight. When the gazelles saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The monkeys replied, "There was a great noise." Thereupon the gazelles also took to flight. When the boars saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The gazelles replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the boars also took to flight. When the buffaloes saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run? " The boars replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the buffaloes also took to flight. When the rhinoceroses saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The buffaloes replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the rhinoceroses also took to flight. When the elephants saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The rhinoceroses replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the elephants also took to flight. When the bears saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The elephants replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the bears also took to flight. When the hyenas saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The bears replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the hyenas also took to flight. When the panthers saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The hyenas replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the panthers also took to flight. When the tigers saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The panthers replied, "There was a noise." Thereupon the tigers also took to flight. When the lions saw them running they asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye run?" The tigers replied, "There was a loud noise." Thereupon the lions also took to flight. At the foot of the mountain there dwelt a maned lion, which likewise seemed to wear a diadem. When it saw the lions running it asked, "O honored ones, wherefore do ye all run, although each of you is strong in claws and strong in teeth?" The lions replied, "There was a loud noise." "O honored ones, whence did the noise come?" it asked. "We do not know," they replied. Then said that lion, "O honored ones, do not run. Inquiry must be made as to where the noise came from." It asked the tigers, "Who told you about it?" The tigers replied, "The panthers." It asked the panthers, "Who was it told you?" The panthers replied, "The hyenas." It asked the hyenas, "Who was it told you?" The hyenas replied, "The bears." It asked the bears, "Who was it told you?" The bears replied, "The elephants." It asked the elephants, "Who was it told you ?" The elephants replied, "The rhinoceroses." It asked the rhinoceroses, "Who was it told you?" The rhinoceroses replied, "The buffaloes." It asked the buffaloes, "Who was it told you?" The buffaloes replied, "The boars." It asked the boars, "Who was it told you?" The boars replied, "The gazelles." It asked the gazelles, "Who was it told you?" The gazelles replied, "The monkeys." It asked the monkeys, "Who was it told you?" The monkeys replied, "The jackals." It asked the jackals, "Who was it told you?" The jackals replied, "The hares." It asked the hares, "Who was it told you?" The hares replied, "We saw the terrible thing with our own eyes. Come, we will show you whence the noise came." So they guided the lion, and showed it the vilva forest, saying, "That is where the noise came from." Inasmuch as the noise was caused by the fall of a vilva tree out of that forest into the lake, the lion said, "O honored ones, be not afraid, for that was only an empty sound." Consequently they were all tranquillized. And a deity uttered this verse, "Let not men believe in words. They ought to see everything for themselves. Observe how, through the fall of a vilva, the forest lost its beasts."
  • Source (books.google.com): Anton Schiefner, Tibetan Tales: Derived from Indian Sources, translated by W. R. S. Ralston (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trbner, and Company, 1906), no. 22, pp. 296-98.
  • Source (Internet Archive): Anton Schiefner, Tibetan Tales: Derived from Indian Sources, translated by W. R. S. Ralston (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trbner, and Company, 1906), , no. 22, pp. 296-98.
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  The Hares and the FrogsAesopUpon a great Storm of Wind that blew among the Trees and Bushes, and made a Rustling with the Leaves, the Hares (in a certain Park where there happen'd to be a Plenty of them) were so terribly frighted that they ran like mad all over the Place, resolving to seek out some Retreat of more security, or to end their unhappy Days by doing Violence to themselves. With this Resolution, they found an Outlet where a Pale had been broken down; and, bolting forth upon an adjoining Common, had not run far before their Course was stopt by that of a gentle Brook which glided across the way they intended to take. This was so grievous a Disappointment, that they were not able to bear it, and they deterinin'd rather to throw themselves headlong into the Water, let what would become of it, than lead a Life so full of Dangers and Crosses. But upon their coming to the brink of the River, a Parcel of Frogs, which were fitting there, frighted at their Approach, leapt into the Stream in great Confusion, and dived to the very Bottom for Fear. Which a cunning old Puss observing, call'd to the rest and said, "Hold, have a care what ye do: here are other Creatures, I perceive, which have their Fears as well as us: Don't then let us fancy ourselves the most miserable of any upon Earth; but rather, by their Example, learn to bear patiently those Inconveniencies which our Nature has thrown upon us." The Application This Fable is design'd to shew us how unreasonable many People are, for living in such continual Fears and Disquiets about the Miserableness of their Condition. There is hardly any State of Life great enough to satisfy the Wishes of an ambitious Man; and scarce any so mean, but may supply all the Necessities of him that is moderate. But if People will be so unwise as to work themselves up to imaginary Misfortunes, why do they grumble at Nature and their Stars, when their own perverse Minds are only to blame? If we are to conclude ourselves unhappy by as many Degrees as there are others greater than we, why then the greatest Part of Mankind must be miserable, in some degree at least. But, if they who repine at their own afflicted Condition, would but reckon up how many more there are with whom they would not change Cases, than whose Pleasures they envy, they would certainly rise up better satisfied from such a Calculation. But what shall we say to those who have a way of creating themselves Panics from the rustling of the Wind, the scratching of a Rat or Mouse, behind the Hangings, the fluttering of a Moth, or the Motion of their own Shadow by Moonlight? Their whole Life is as full of Alarms as that of a Hare, and they never think themselves so happy as when, like the timorous Folks in the Fable, they meet with a Set of Creatures as fearful as themselves.
  • Source (books.google.com): Fables of sop and Others, translated into English with instructive applications by Samuel Croxall, 10th edition, carefully revised and improved (London, 1775), no. 30, pp. 54-56.
  • Source (Internet Archive): Fables of sop and Others, translated into English with instructive applications by Samuel Croxall, 14th edition, carefully revised and improved (London, 1788), no. 30, pp. 54-56.
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  The Hares and the FrogsAesopThe Hares in a certain park having met to consult upon some plan to preserve themselves from their numerous enemies, all agreed that life was full of care and misery, and that they saw no prospect of things changing for the better. Full of these desponding thoughts, and just as it had been proposed that they should put an end to their existence, a storm arose, which tore the branches from the trees, and whirled the leaves about their ears. Panic-struck, they ran like mad creatures, until they were stopped by a lake, into which they hastily resolved to throw themselves headlong, rather than lead a life so full of dangers and crosses: but upon their approaching its margin, a number of Frogs, which were sitting there, frightened at their sudden approach, in the greatest confusion leapt into the water, and dived to the bottom; which an old Hare, more sedate than the rest, observing, called out, "Have a care what ye do! Here are other creatures I perceive, which have their fears as well as we. Don't then let us fancy ourselves the most miserable of any upon earth; but rather, by their example, learn to bear patiently those inconveniences which nature has thrown upon us." Application This Fable is designed to shew us how unreasonable many people are, who live in continual fears and disquiet about the miserableness of their condition. There is hardly any state of life great enough to satisfy the wishes of an ambitious man; and scarcely any so mean, but may supply the necessities of him that is moderate. There are few beings so very wretched, that they cannot pick out others in a more deplorable situation, and with whom they would not change cases. The rich man envies the poor man's health, without considering his wants; and the poor man envies the other's treasure, without considering his diseases. The miseries of others should serve to add vigour to our minds, and teach us to bear up against the load of lighter misfortunes. But what shall we say to those who have a way of creating themselves panics from the rustling of the wind, the scratching of a rat or a mouse behind the hangings, the fluttering of a moth, or the motion of their own shadow by moon-light! Their whole life is as full of alarms as that of a Hare, and they never think themselves so easy as when, like the timorous folks in the Fable, they meet with a set of creatures as fearful as themselves.
  • Source (books.google.com): The Fables of sop, and Others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick (Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son, 1818), pp. 251-52.
  • Source (Internet Archive): The Fables of sop, and Others, with designs on wood, by Thomas Bewick (Newcastle: Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son, 1818), pp. 251-52.
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  The Story of Chicken-Licken EnglandAs Chicken-Licken went one day to the wood, an acorn fell upon her poor bald pate, and she thought the sky had fallen. So she said she would go and tell the king that the sky had fallen. So Chicken-Licken turned back, and met Hen-Len. "Well, Hen-Len, where are you going?" And Hen-Len said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." And Chicken-Licken said, "Oh! Hen-Len, don't go, for I was going, and the sky fell upon my poor bald pate, and I'm going to tell the king." So Hen-Len turned back with Chicken-Licken, and met Cock-Lock. "Oh! Cock-Lock, where are you going?" And Cock-Lock said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." Then Hen-Len said, "Oh! Cock-Lock, don't go, for I was going, and I met Chicken-Licken, and Chicken-Licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." So Cock-Lock turned back, and met Duck-Luck. "Well, Duck-Luck, where are you going?" And Duck-Luck said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." Then Cock-Lock said, "Oh! Duck-Luck, don't go, for I was going, and I met Hen-Len, and Hen-Len met Chicken-Licken, and Chicken-Licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." So Duck-Luck turned back, and met Drake-Lake. "Well, Drake-Lake, where are you going?" And Drake-Lake said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." Then Duck-Luck said, "Oh! Drake-Lake, don't go, for I was going, and I met Cock-Lock, and Cock-Lock met Hen-Len, and Hen-Len met Chicken-Licken, and Chicken-Licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." So Drake-Lake turned back, and met Goose-Loose. "Well, Goose-Loose, where are you going?" And Goose-Loose said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." Then Drake-Lake said, "Oh! Goose-Loose, don't go, for I was going, and I met Duck-Luck, and Duck-Luck met Cock-Lock, and Cock-Lock met Hen-Len, and Hen-Len met Chicken-Licken, and Chicken-Licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." So Goose-Loose turned back, and met Gander-Lander. " Well, Gander-Lander, where are you going?" And Gander-Lander said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." Then Goose-Loose said, "Oh! Gander-Lander, don't go, for I was going, and I met Drake-Lake, and Drake-Lake met Duck-Luck, and Duck-Luck met Cock-Lock, and Cock-Lock met Hen-Len, and Hen-Len met Chicken-Licken, and Chicken-Licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." So Gander-Lander turned back, and met Turkey-Lurkey. "Well, Turkey-Lurkey, where are you going?" And Turkey-Lurkey said, "I'm going to the wood for some meat." Then Gander-Lander said, "Oh! Turkey-Lurkey, don't go, for I was going, and I met Goose-Loose, and Goose-Loose met Drake-Lake, and Drake-Lake met Duck-Luck, and Duck-Luck met Cock-Lock, and Cock-Lock met Hen-Len, and Hen-Len met Chicken-Licken, and Chicken-Licken had been at the wood, and the sky had fallen on her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." So Turkey-Lurkey turned back, and walked with Gander-Lander, Goose-Loose, Drake-Lake, Duck-Luck, Cock-Lock, Hen-Len, and Chicken-Licken. And as they were going along, they met Fox-lox. And Fox-Lox said, " Where are you going, my pretty maids?" And they said, "Chicken-licken went to the wood, and the sky fell upon her poor bald pate, and we are going to tell the king." And Fox-Lox said, "Come along with me, and I will show you the way." But Fox-Lox took them into the fox's hole, and he and his young ones soon ate up poor Chicken-Licken, Hen-Len, Cock-Lock, Duck-Luck, Drake-Lake, Goose-Loose, Gander-Lander, and Turkey-Lurkey, and they never saw the king, to tell him that the sky had fallen!
  • Source (books.google.com): James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to The Nursery Rhymes of England (London: J. R. Smith, 1849), pp. 29-31.
  • Source (Internet Archive): James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to The Nursery Rhymes of England (London: J. R. Smith, 1849), pp. 29-31.
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  Henny-Penny and Her Fellow TravelersScotlandA hen was picking at a stack of pea-straw when a pea fell on her head,and she thought the sky was falling. And she thought she would go and tellthe king about it. And she went, and went, and went, and she met acock.

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