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One day a hare was sitting under a tree and was wondering about what would happen to him if the earth came to an end. Suddenly, an apple fell from the tree and hit the ground next to him! He ran home quickly and went to his brother and was baffled by what had happened to him. The hare kept running and told another and ran after him. He was afraid the earth was breaking to pieces and so they all started running until a thousand hares were running through the fields together. They raced through many locations and came to a jungle where a wise lion lived and told them that yes, this was true and they would die if he did not save them. So they went up a mountains and he asked why they would run at such a pace. They would continue giving the reason that the earth is breaking to pieces. They thought the elephants were doing this. The only one who actually saw the earth breaking was the one hare. Suddenly the great lion realized that the only thing the hare had seen was fruit falling. He told the crowd and they lived happily ever after.
Characters:
A little hare
Another little hare
A thousand hares
A wise lion
Elephants
Rhinoceros
Setting:
Under a tree
The fields
Jungle
Mountains
Bibliography: The End of the World, Twenty Jataka Tales, Noor Inayat, The End of the World
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