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A cousa que máis doe do mundo

By Paco Liván (texto), Roger Olmos (ilustración)

About this book

The hare and the hyena speak about every day matters and decide to go fishing. "Lying is the most hurtful thing in the world," says the hare; and the hyena starts to laugh. To show his point, the hare tells the story of a very special "cake", placed a the palace gates, meant to provoke the king's fury. Afterwards, the hare will count on the flies, experts in all smells, to find the culprit among the animals".

Book fragment

Once upon a time there was a hyena and a hare who met on their way to the river and decided to go fishing together.

While they were fishing, the hare asked,

“Do you know what hurts most in the world?”

“Being stood on by an elephant”, answered the hyena.

“No!” said the hare.

“A tooth ache.”

“No!” the hare said again.

“A wasp sting?”

“Not even that.”

The hyena, tired of the game,

“I give up!”

“A lie is the thing that hurts the most,” assured the hare

“Ha! Ha! Ha!” laughed the hyena

“A lie hurts less than a scratch on the foot.”

So the hare said, “Hurt my foot and I’ll prove to you a lie hurts more.”

The hyena didn’t give it another thought, sunk his teeth into the hare’s paw and gave a wicked laugh.

The hare yelped in pain and limp ouch, limp ouch, disappeared, limp ouch, among the trees.

The wound healed in a matter of days.