Once a upon a time, there lived Hare and Hyena and the two were great neighbours. Hyena used to own a huge farm which he loved dearly, but it was too much work for him to plant everything by himself.

So one day he went to ask Hare if he could help him with his farm. In return, he would pay Hare with some nuts from his farm.

Hare used to sit all day doing nothing and when Hyena came home after work, Hare would always ask him for nuts from his farm.

But Hyena didn't like this very much.

So one day Hyena thought to himself, "It's so hard to work all day by myself. Maybe Hare could help me and in return he can get some nuts that he has actually worked for."

Hare agreed to his terms and they shook hands on it because he thought it was a good deal.

The two worked so good together. Hare would dig and plant and Hyena would help and sing along as they went.

Hyena was very happy because he was able to plant a lot more than before.

Hare was really a hard worker and worked all day long with no rest.

But he felt like he was working too much and wanted a raise because what Hyena was paying was too little.

So one afternoon when the crops had grown, Hare decided to tell Hyena that he wanted more nuts for all the hard work he did. "Look at all this, I planted everything and I deserve to be paid more," Hare said.

But Hyena wasn't having any of it. "No, we did this together so I can't pay you more. Don't forget whose farm this is." He shouted.

Hare was not very happy about this and walked away angry.

Hyena went home and thought to himself, "How am I going to solve this? Hare is a very hard worker indeed and I can't afford to lose him."

So Hyena called Hare for a meeting and asked him, "How much more nuts do you want?"

Hare was very clever so he thought about it for a while, "Mmmmm do you know what would make me happy? Is if you gave me half of your farm."

Hyena thought for a moment. "Fine, you can have some only if you keep working as hard as you have been doing."

Hare smiled and knew he had made a great deal. So he agreed to this.

But as time went by, Hare stopped working as hard and instead he would sit and sing all day.

Hyena worked so hard and so long, that he was beginning to hate Hare. He wondered why he even agreed to the terms in the first place.

One day, Hyena came up with a brilliant idea to solve both their problem. He told Hare, "If you don't help with the chores then get off my farm."

Hare refused to get off because he was used to the free food that he was getting. But Hyena was fed up and chased him away warning him, "If I ever catch you on my farm again, I will eat you."

That is why to this day Hyena is always chasing Hare when he sees him near his land. And Hare is always hiding in the fields trying to steal food from farms.