The Hare and the Tortoise

Once, a hare and a tortoise began to argue as to which of them was the faster. They decided to run a race over a certain distance. Almost as soon as they started, the hare was far ahead and out of sight, whilst the tortoise had gone only a few yards.

The hare now thought he would take things easy. He lay down to have a nap until the tortoise could catch up with him. But the tortoise plodded on and on. The hare overslept and woke with a start. In the distance he could see the tortoise, who had passed him while he was asleep, very near to the winning-post. He ran with might and main in an effort to be first, but the slow-moving tortoise crawled past the finishing line some yards in front of the much speedier hare.