Once
a hare was roaming near a lake in a forest. Suddenly he saw a tortoise and
mocked at him saying - "Hurry up, you slow coach! Don't you find life very
dull taking so long to cover a few yards? I could have run to the other side of
the lake by now."
The
tortoise felt teased and dared the hare to a race. The race was to be through
the wood to a fixed goal.
The
hare agreed laughingly. In a few minutes he was away and out of sight.
"What
a funny race it is!" he said to himself , "I am already half -way
through. But it is too-too cold; why not have a nap in the warm sunshine?"
The
tortoise walked steadily on and on. In a short time, he passed by the sleeping
hare.
The
hare slept far longer than he had intended. When he woke up at last, he looked
around in surprise and said to himself," Not even a sigh of the poor
tortoise anywhere so far; I had better trot along and finish the race."
The
hare ran to the goal. He was amazed to see all the animals cheering the
tortoise who had arrived just a minute earlier. how ashamed he felt indeed!
Moral:
Slow and steady wins the race
