HARE'S BREATH

                                                                           HARE'S BREATH

                                                             Did you hear about the porcupine
                                                             who decided to leave the party early
                                                             because he was offended...by a hare's 
                                                             breath?

                                                             Seriously, most of us leave or come into
                                                             a new situation or set of circumstances
                                                             almost as if by a hare's breath.

                                                             Many jobs have been lost by saying the
                                                             "one more word."

                                                             Many marriages have been wrecked by
                                                             that "one final erroneous reaction."

                                                             Wrote Robert Benson, "A hair's breadth
                                                             is sometimes a great distance."

                                                             Indeed, we have often avoided many 
                                                             a steaming stew...by a hare's breath.

                                                             (And, yes, I know the difference between
                                                             a hare and hair. I was just having a little 
                                                             fun here.)