THE HARE AND A TORTOISE

 

Once a hare met a tortoise. He saw a tortoise moving so slowly with a heavy shell on his back. Thus the hare laughed at the tortoise for his slow speed. The tortoise was very angry at this. He told, “I can’t run like you. But I can beat you In a race”. At once the hare readily accepted the challenge.

The starting point was fixed. A goat was present there. He was the starter. He gave the signal. The race began. The hare ran very swiftly at the beginning. He saw the tortoise was far behind. So, the hare thought taking a short nap. Let the tortoise come here and then he ran again and reach the goal first. Thinking that the hare fell asleep.

At that time, the tortoise went on slowly but steadily towards the goal. He didn’t stop for a single moment. Suddenly the hare woke up. Seeing the tortoise far ahead, he runs very fast but alas ! he could not reached it. In the meantime, the tortoise reached the goal and defeated the hare.

MORAL: Slow but steady achieve the goal.