Æsop. (Sixth century B.C.) Fables. The Harvard Classics. 190914. | | The Hare and the Tortoise | | | THE HARE was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. I have never yet been beaten, said he, when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me. | 1 | The Tortoise said quietly, I accept your challenge. | 2 | That is a good joke, said the Hare; I could dance round you all the way. | 3 | Keep your boasting till youve beaten, answered the Tortoise. Shall we race? | 4 | So a course was fixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race. Then said the Tortoise:
| PLODDING WINS THE RACE. | | 5 | |
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