The Hare And The Tortoise |
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The Hare And The Tortoise
The Hare And The Tortoise
[See The Hare And Fox: The fox ran instead of the tortoise.]
[Hear The Hare & Tortoise]
There was a Hare who was rudely poking fun at a Tortoise for being so
slow, and at the same time bragging about his own speed in running.
"All right, all right," said the Tortoise, "let`s have a race and settle
this thing. I`ll race you for five miles and bet I win." "Ho! Ho!" said the
Hare, "that is a bet." So they picked the Fox as a judge and off they went.
The Hare started off like the wind and was soon so far out in front he
stopped and laughed and laughed while he waited for the slow old Tortoise to
come into sight. He waited so long and he thought he was so safely ahead the
he said, "Well, I`ll just take a quick little nap here by the side of the road
on this grass." The grass was soft and comfortable and he fell sound asleep.
The Tortoise, meanwhile, kept jogging along slowly but steadily without a
stop.
When the Hare woke, he jumped up with a start and streaked down the road,
but he was too late, The slow old Tortoise was crossing the finish line and
had won the race.
The Point - Slow but sure is the quickest way in the long run.
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