The Tortoise returns the taunt, saying the Hare must be scared of being beaten. When the Tortoise offers to race the Hare scoffs that he won’t waste his time racing the slowest creature in the world. He challenges them to a race and when none of them responds he taunts them that they are too scared even to try. The Hare boasts to the other animals about how fast he can run. ‘Slow and steady’s sometimes better than fast and flashy.’ The Tortoise had beaten the Hare fair and square. Just in time, the Tortoise touched the tree with his nose. The Tortoise heard the Hare thundering up behind him but he kept going.and going.and suddenly he was there. He looked across the field, saw the Tortoise about to reach the tree and in a flash he was running. ‘Nearly there! Keep going, old friend! Keep going!’īut the noise of the cheering crowd woke up the Hare. The animals started to get excited and as the Tortoise got close to the finishing tree, they started to cheer. ‘You know what? I think he might win,’ said a Rabbit.
Still the Hare slept on and now the animals started to get excited. Slowly, steadily he moved across the field and by evening time, he was getting close to the finishing tree. The Hare lay down in the sun and fell asleep. I’ll finish the race when I wake up and still beat you by miles.’ ‘You’re going so slowly, I’m going to have a rest. ‘Didn’t you hear him say go? You can start, you know.’ The Tortoise was still crossing the starting line. The Hare roared off, then stopped and looked back. ‘Ready, steady.go!’ said the Fox and the race began. ‘Ready Tortoise? Ready to see some real speed?’
‘Right, let’s get on with it,’ said the Hare. First one to touch the tree is the winner.’ ‘And ends at that tree on the other side of the field. ‘The race starts here,’ said the Fox pointing to a line on the ground. The Tortoise slowly made his way to the starting line and then suddenly.the Hare arrived at top speed wearing a brand new track suit. On the day of the race crowds of animals came to watch. ‘Tortoise, are you sure about this?’ said the Crow. ‘Hard to tell with Tortoises,’ said the Badger. ‘Has he started running yet?’ asked the Fox. First he did some gentle stretching exercises to warm himself up.and then he started to run. Next morning the animals watched the Tortoise do his ‘training’. Let’s have a race.right now.then we’ll see who’s laughing.’ Some of the animals laughed at that so the Hare said: ‘Alright then, Tortoise. ‘You? The slowest creature in the whole world? I’m not wasting my time racing a Tortoise.’ All the animals agreed that yes, the Hare was very fast. ‘Just look how fast I can run.’ The Hare ran across a field as fast as he could. ‘Look at me!’ said the Hare to the other animals.
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