The Tortoise and The Hare

A tortoise and a hare were neighbours, but there was some tension between them. Not a day would pass without the hare bragging about how fast he could run. To make matters worse, he would always mock the tortoise for being so slow.

“You must be the slowest animal in the world!” he would say to her. “Didn’t anyone ever teach you how to run or to move at speed?”

But the tortoise didn’t care. She was happy walking at her own pace.

One day, when the two of them bumped into one another again, the hare immediately started poking fun at the tortoise, as usual. She finally ran out of patience, thrust her long neck out of her shell, and said: “Fine. Let’s race. Then we’ll see if you can actually finish faster than me.”

The hare was so amused by this proposal that he fell down laughing. He laughed so hard he cried, rolling round on the ground. When he finally calmed down, he said: “What a joke. You? In a race? You’d really dare to race against such a great runner as me?” The tortoise calmly nodded. Then the hare said: “Okay, as you wish! Let’s do that. We’ll organise a race.”

Rumours about the race quickly spread throughout the forest. When the day finally arrived, all the other animals gathered to watch this event. No one wanted to miss it!

The racetrack was set up, complete with a start and finish line. A referee was also assigned. Once everything was in place, the referee fired the starting pistol and the race began!

The hare dashed off at lightning speed, leaving the tortoise coughing in his dust. As the hare approached the finish line, he paused to think about how he could…