Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul, With a corn cobbed pipe and a button nose, and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty the Snowman, is a fairy tale they say; he was made of snow but the children know, how he came...
Carols
No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man
Za dvumya zaitsami pogonish'sya, ne odnogo ne poimaesh'. (If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. )
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Waiting for a rabbit to hit upon a tree and be killed in order to catch it.