The Hare and the Tortoise

• A 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. Slow but steady wins the race. The End.