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HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise,
who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat
you in a race." The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply
impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox
should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for
the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment
stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end
of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast
asleep. At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw
the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after
her fatigue.
Moral:
Slow but steady wins
the race
The Hare and the Tortoise
Fable
A Fable
by
Aesop |
