Ballad of the Lost Hare

Name: Ballad of the Lost Hare
Author: Margaret Sidney

By Margaret Sidney

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About This Book

A series of rhythmic, pastoral poems traces a mischievous young hare who abandons home and races through fields, woods, and farms, encountering goats, horses, bulls, lambs, and a hunting pack. Each short episode emphasizes flight, narrow escapes, and the hare's preference for running over settling, with playful meter and repeated refrains underscoring motion and peril. The collection culminates in a lament for the creature's endless wandering, presenting a quiet moral about heedlessness, loss of home, and the loneliness that follows perpetual escape.

About the Author

Margaret Sidney

Margaret Sidney was an American author best known for her children's literature, particularly the beloved "Five Little Peppers" series. This series, which includes titles such as "Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" and "Five Little Peppers Abroad," captures the adventures and everyday life of the Pepper family, resonating with themes of family, resilience, and the joys of childhood. Sidney's writing is characterized by its warmth and relatability, making her works enduring favorites among young readers. In addition to the Pepper series, she wrote other notable works, including "Ben Pepper" and "The Adventures of Joel Pepper," contributing significantly to the genre of children's fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.