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The Hare in the Moon
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This is a Indian folk story about why one sees a hare in the moon and how the small hare outwitted the big elephant. There was a colony of hares living peacefully by the lake but one day that peace was interrupted by a herd of elephants. The elephants stomped on some of the poor hares causing them to die. Those who survived saw danger living with the elephants and therefore with great despair they had to leave their home. Well, almost all left. One brave hare stayed behind, the hare did not like witnessing those of his colony get crushed or shooed from their home by the elephants. So he came up with a plan to get rid of them. When he saw the leader of the heard go to lake, he took his opportunity. He told the elephant he should fear the moon as he had just stomped and dirtied the water from the lake water as the moon guarded it and the moon was fearless on whoever stepped on the lake. The moon will come down and warn him. At first, the elephant paid not much attention but after the hare pointed the moon was in the lake and he saw he began to grow fear. The moon chased him wherever he went. The elephant ran away screaming and fearing the moon. The whole Elephant heard left and the hare returned and lived with no problems since all thanks to the wittiness of that hare.
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