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Hare
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One late-autumn day I opened the back door to fetch some water, and there was a young hare sat on my back step. Save for the twitching of its nose, it froze in position as if I had surprised it as it was about to knock. It was already the size of a full-grown rabbit, and its black-tipped ears were longer than any rabbit’s would ever be. I stood there and waited for it to flush. After a while I began to doubt that it would, and squatted down to its level for a closer look, eye to eye. It stared a
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― Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills
― Deep Country: Five Years in the Welsh Hills
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I and I alone know how it happened,” said Josh, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.
“You? You know how that unfortunate story happened?”
“You bet I know! Here, from this boulder that I sit on now, I fired that fateful shot.
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― Old Surehand
― Old Surehand
