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Jul 5, 2016 · The Hare and The Tortoise. Aesop Fables / 5 July 2016 by DaBoss. A Tortoise and Hare decide to race. The hare is so confident in the lead that he naps while the tortoise keeps going to win. Slow and steady wins the race. Aesop’s Fables The Tortoise and the Hare narrated by Jon Wilkins. Courtesy of Jon Wilkins.
The Hare & the Tortoise. A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. "Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh. "Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it."
The story concerns a Hare who ridicules a slow-moving Tortoise. Tired of the Hare's arrogant behaviour, the Tortoise challenges him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, takes a nap midway through the race.
The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up. The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ is one of Aesop’s best-known fables. The meaning or ‘moral’ of the fable is worth analysing more closely, however, and the story has attracted a number of competing – indeed, actively conflicting – interpretations.
“The Hare and the Tortoise” Additional Information. Year Published: 1867. Language: English. Country of Origin: Greece. Source: Aesop (1867) Aesop's Fables. Readability: Flesch–Kincaid Level: 3.2. Word Count: 168. Genre: Fable. Keywords: traditional stories. Cite This. Share |. Downloads. Audio. Passage PDF. Student Activity 1.
The Tortoise & the Ducks. The Tortoise, you know, carries his house on his back. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot leave home. They say that Jupiter punished him so, because he was such a lazy stay-at-home that he would not go to Jupiter's wedding, even when especially invited. After many years, Tortoise began to wish he had gone to that ...
