1. The

2. owl

3. and

4. the

5. hare.

6. It

7. was

8. dusk.

9. The

10. owls

11. began

12. to

13. fly

14. through

15. the

16. forest

17. to

18. find

19. some

20. prey.

21. A

22. large

23. hare

24. leaped

25. out

26. on

27. a

28. clearing

29. and

30. began

31. to

32. smooth

33. out

34. his

35. fur.

36. An

37. old

38. owl

39. looked

40. at

41. the

42. hare,

43. and

44. seated

45. himself

46. on

47. a

48. branch;

49. but

50. a

51. young

52. owl

53. said

54. to

55. him:

56. "Why

57. do

58. you

59. not

60. catch

61. the

62. hare?"

63. The

64. old

65. owl

66. said:

67. "He

68. is

69. too

70. much

71. for

72. me:

73. if

74. I

75. get

76. caught

77. in

78. him,

79. he

80. will

81. drag

82. me

83. into

84. the

85. woods."

86. But

87. the

88. young

89. owl

90. said:

91. "I

92. will

93. stick

94. one

95. claw

96. into

97. his

98. body,

99. and

100. with

101. the

102. other

103. I

104. will

105. clutch

106. a

107. tree."

108. The

109. young

110. owl

111. made

112. for

113. the

114. hare,

115. and

116. stuck

117. one

118. claw

119. into

120. his

121. back

122. so

123. that

124. all

125. his

126. talons

127. entered

128. the

129. flesh,

130. and

131. the

132. other

133. claw

134. it

135. got

136. ready

137. to

138. push

139. into

140. the

141. tree.

142. The

143. hare

144. yanked

145. the

146. owl,

147. while

148. the

149. owl

150. held

151. on

152. to

153. the

154. tree,

155. and

156. thought,

157. "He

158. will

159. not

160. get

161. away."

162. The

163. hare

164. darted

165. forward

166. and

167. tore

168. the

169. owl.

170. One

171. claw

172. was

173. left

174. in

175. the

176. tree,

177. and

178. the

179. other

180. in

181. the

182. hare's

183. back.

184. The

185. next

186. year

187. a

188. hunter

189. killed

190. that

191. hare,

192. and

193. wondered

194. how

195. the

196. owl's

197. talons

198. had

199. grown

200. into

201. the

202. hare's

203. back.

204. This is a Public Domain story
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