“The Hare” a poem by Dan Élan

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You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.

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I’m Khaki, your faithful fireside companion,

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and Today I’m reading you a poem by Dan.

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“The Hare”,

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a poem by Dan in dedication to NorrRRRrrrRRrr

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the hare, of Belgium

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The hare sits there,

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the wolves prowl The hare is silent;

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the wolves howl The foxes run swift,

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hungry growls the bear—

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Warm tasty hare smells good in cold air

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The hare has a lair, not here,

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elsewhere… If the hare could pray, he would utter a prayer

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If the hare could swear, then swear would the hare But the hare is prey,

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and prey’s prayer is a dare

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The hare’s nostrils flare

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(which is how hares swear)

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Boldly he leaps through the cold autumn air!

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Quick is the hare!

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But will he get there?

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A hare’s existence is hope and despair

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There rises a wind

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as pursued runs the hare

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There blares a horn,

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and the wolves cry in ire

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They see their prey, and ahead, walls of fire

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And the hare’s leaping strides take him there.

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the hare, she runs into the fire,

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the fire, it takes her,

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she is not burned

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the hare leaps into the fire

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the fire, it loves her,

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she is free And now

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it is raining, and no one is there

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Except for the hare

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as careful as ever

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The rain is a friend,

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it drowns the pain

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Of smelling delicious

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in the cold autumn air The hare is there

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and so is the rain

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But some of the others won't rise again

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The howlers, the prowlers had better beware

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The courage and daring

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of a scared white

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hare… This was “The Hare”

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by Dan, read for you by Khaki,

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your faithful fireside companion.

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Thank you for listening

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to The Voice of Dog.