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A Fawn once said to a Stag:
"Father, you are larger and fleeter than the dogs, and, besides, you have huge antlers for defence; why, then, are you so afraid of the dogs?"
The Stag laughed, and said:
"You speak the truth, my child. The trouble is, -- the moment I hear the dogs bark, I run before I have time to think. "