the hare was now in a pitiful plight, all his beautiful white fur had been pulled out, and his bare little body was quivering with pain and bleeding all over. he could hardly move, and all he could do was to lie on the beach quite helpless and weep over the misfortune that had befallen him. notwithstanding that it was his own fault that had brought all this misery and suffering upon the white hare of inaba, any one seeing the poor little creature could not help feeling sorry for him in his sad condition, for the crocodiles had been very cruel in their revenge.