The Hare and Tortoise

                          Slow and Steady Wins the Race

 

   Once day a hare met a tortoise .She made fun of the slow pace of the tortoise and said, “You have as many legs as I have. But I am sure, you  can not run at fast I can. Most probably you can’t run at all.” The tortoise became very angry. He answered quietly, You can run quite fast, no doubt. But I think, you can talk even faster than you can run. However, I agree to run a five mail race with you. At this the hare felt very delighted. So she said, come along, let’s fix a date for the race. They fixed a date. A fox came to see the race. The tortoise and the hare came to the starting point. The race began. The hare began to run very fast. She jumped and jumped. She ran a mile in a few minutes. Soon she found the tortoise far behind her. Then she stooped. She said, I can have a good sleep before the tortoise comes up. So staying, the hare went to sleep in a bush. In the meantime the tortoise walked on and on. He did not stop anywhere.When he came to bush, he saw the lazy hare lying fast sleep. He smiled and quietly passed by her. After some times the here woke up. She saw that it was already evening. She immediately got on her feet. She began to run very fast. But alas! The tortoise had already gone far. She came in site of the goal. But the tortoise was already crossing the winning post. The hare felt much ashamed. 

                 She now said to herself, It is true that slow and steady wins the race.