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.