A Hare was making
fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow.
Do you ever get
anywhere? he asked with a mocking laugh.
Yes, replied the
Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and
prove it."
The Hare was much
amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the
thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the
distance and started the runners off.
The Hare was soon
far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it
was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a
nap until the Tortoise should catch up.
The Tortoise
meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place
where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully,and when at
last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his
swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.
The
race is not always to the swift.
N.Premkumar
Associate Professor/Mech
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