Outrun By A Hare

Outrun by a Hare, Quizzed after the Race

Outrun by a hare, quizzed after the race,

At pains to explain the hound’s slower pace,

The hound told the fox, “You cannot compare

The pace of a hound with the pace of a hare;

The race that we ran, not being the same,

She ran before me, who, after her came.

I ran for my supper—for what did she run?

If, not for her life, she wouldn’t have won!”