"What a dull, heavy creature," says the Hare, "is this Tortoise!" "And
yet," says the Tortoise, "I'll run with you for a wager." "Done," says
the Hare, and then they asked the Fox to be the judge. They started
together, and the Tortoise kept jogging on still, till he came to the
end of the course. The Hare laid himself down midway and took a nap;
"for," says he, "I can catch up with the Tortoise when I please." But
it seems he overslept himself, for when he came to wake, though he
scudded away as fast as possible, the Tortoise had got to the post
before him and won the wager.
Slow and steady wins the race.
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