The?hare?and?the?tortoiseThehareandthetortoise?Onemorning,ahare
andatortoismeetinaforest,sotheybegintotalk.?H:Goodmo
rning.MrTortoise.?T:Oh,it\''syou.MrHare.Goodmorning!?H:W
hatareyoudoing??T:I\''mrunning.?H:Running?Hahaha!Canyou
run?Yourlegsaretooshort!?T:OfcourseIcan.?H:Mylegsarel
ong.Icanrunfasterthanyou.?T:Don\''tbesosure.?H:Wellthen
.Let\''sruntothetalltreeoverthere.Let\''sseewhocanget
therefirst.?T:Allright.Ready?Go!?A.MrTortoisegoesverysl
owly.ButMrHarerunsveryfast.Soonhecomestoasmalltree.?
H:WhereisMrTortoise?Aha!Thereheis!Heisfarbehindme.Ho
wslowheis!Mmm.it\''ssohot!Hereisatree.I\''llhaveasho
rtsleepfirst.?T:Oh,heissleepingunderthetreethere.ButI
can\''tstop.Imustgoon.?H:Ah!Whatanicesleep!Letmegoo
n.Oh,where\''sMrTortoise?Whereishenow?Imusthurry.?A:S
oonherunstothetalltree.MrTortoiseissittingunderthetr
eeandwaitingforhim.?T:Hi,MrHare!Howareyou?I\''mherefir
st.Whoisfaster,MrHare,youorme??H:Oh!.....?A:Afteralon
gtime.MrHareandMrTortoisemeetagain.Whatwilltheydo?Pl
easelookcarefully.?H:Hello!MrTortoise.Let\''shaveamatchag
ain,OK??T:Oh.allright.?H:Let\''sseewhoisfasterthistime.
?T:OK!One,two.Go!?H:ThistimeIcan\''tsleep,Imustbethe
first.?T:ThistimeImustbethewinner.MrHareisn\''tfaster
thanme.Nomatter!?A:ThistimeMrHarerunsveryfast.ButMrT
ortoiseisveryslow.?H:Hooray!Iamthewinner!?T:Ican\''tbel
ievethat!(crying)?Afewmonthslater.Intheforestanimalsare
alltogether.?TheyaretalkingaboutthematchofMrHareandMr
Tortoise.?M:Thefirsttime,MrTortoiseisthewinner.?D:These
condtime,MrHareisthewinner.?M:ButWedon\''tknowwhoisr
eallythewinner.Sotheymusthaveanothermatch.?P:Iagreewit
hyou.?A:Alltheanimalswantthemtohaveanothermatch.Soane
wmatchbeginsbetweenthem.?H:Itrymybesttobethewinner.?T
:Imustbecareful.Ican\''tbefarbehindhim.?M:Ready?Go!!!
?H:Iamfasterthanhim.(worried)HowcanIcrosstheriver??Mr
Tortoiseisnearme.HowcanIdo?HowcanIdo??T:What\''sthe
matter?MrHare?Oh!Youcan\''tcrosstheriver.Nomatter,you
cancrosstheriveronmyback.Comehere!?Let\''sgoacrossthe
rivertogether.?H:(exciting)Thankyouverymuch!Thankyou!!!?T
:(smiling)Notatall!Wemusthelpeachother.?A:Theygoacros
stheriversafely.?Theygoonrunning.?T:Oh!myleg.Something
iswrongwithmyleg.WhatcanIdo??H:WhereisMrTortoise?Th
eremustbesomethingwrongwithhim.Letmehavealook.What\''s
wrongwithyou??T:Somethingiswrongwithmyleg.Ican\''trun
anylonger.?H:Don\''tworry.Youcangettheforestonmyback.?T
:No.Youjustgoonrunning.Don\''tworryaboutme.?H:Let\''she
lpeachother.?(Theygoonrunningtogetherslowly)?M:Look!everyone!Howstrangetheyare!?A:Whentheyknowthematter.theyallsay:?ThewinnersareMrTortoiseandMrHare!!?Theysingahappysong!? |
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