The Hare and the Tortoise
A hare one day made himself merry over the
slow pace of the tortoise, vainly boasting of his own great speed in running.
The tortoise smiled at the hare and
replied, “Let us try a race. We shall run from here to the pond and the fox out
yonder shall be the judge.”
The hare agreed and away they started
together. True to his boasting the hare was out of sight in a moment.
The tortoise jogged along with a slow,
steady pace, straight towards end of the course. Full of sport, the hare first
out ran the tortoise, and then intentionally fell behind chuckling at the
tortoise all the while.
Having come nearly to the goal, the hare
began to nibble at the young plants. After a while, the day being warm, he lay
down for a nap, saying: “The tortoise is behind me now. If he should go by, I
can easily enough catch up.”
When the hare awoke, the tortoise was not
in sight. Running as fast as he could, the hare found the fox congratulating
the tortoise at the finish line.
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