Three Hares

One hare, black

Black as soot

Black as moor in looming night

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Two hares, red

Red as blood

Red as earth beneath dawn’s light

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Three hares, gold

Gold as stars

Gold as full moon burning bright

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One hare,

Two hares,

Three hares,

Dark

,

Can you hear them,

Coming fast?

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(Image by Eleanor Ludgate)