"Why do the deer think so?"
"The monkeys told us so," said the deer.
"And how did the monkeys know?"
"The jackals said so," said the monkeys.
"And how did the jackals know?"
"The hares said it was so," said the jackals.
"And how did the hares know?"
One of the hares then said that another hare told him, and the other hare said that another told him, and so it went on until at last they came to the first little hare.
"Little hare," said the lion, "why did you say that the earth was falling in?"
"I saw it," said the little hare.