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 Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off.
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. But the Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.
The race is not always to the swift.
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Storytime Ideas:
- We defined a "race track" and then had Ethan run it to show us all where the animals had to race. Then we performed the race: Ethan had the bunny and I had the turtle. But there was a house plant halfway through it that I told Ethan the bunny was going to stop at for a nap (while turtle kept plodding along).
We zoned in on the words "steady" and "focused"...and applied it to when we do a task, to keep trying and focus one step at a time to be steady and win the race. This was great at dinner time when I told him to be steady and keep taking his bites, instead of taking a break like bunny.
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