The Hares and the Frogs

by Aesop

THE HARES, oppressed with a sense of their own exceeding timidity, and weary of the perpetual alarm to which they were exposed, with one accord determined to put an end to themselves and their troubles, by jumping from a lofty precipice into a deep lake below. As they scampered off in a very numerous body to carry out their resolve, the Frogs lying on the banks of the lake heard the noise of their feet and rushed helter-skelter to the deep water for safety. On seeing the rapid disappearance of the Frogs, one of the Hares cried out to his companions: Stay, my friends, do not do as you intended; for you now see that other creatures who yet live are more timorous than ourselves.

Moral:
We are encouraged by seeing others that are worse off than ourselves.