Cuento En Inglés

A hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing:  "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race."  The Hare, believing his assertion to besimply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal.  On the day appointed for the race the two started together.  The Tortoise never fora moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.  The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.  At last waking up, and moving as fast as hecould, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after his fatigue.
The Hare and the Tortoise
"Nah nah nah boo boo, I'm faster than you! shouted Harriet Hare as she speddown the road. Normally, Timothy Tortoise was a very easy going reptile. He was happy roaming through the forest at his own pace. But the nasty taunts of Harriet Hare were starting to make himangry.Later that day Timothy finally arrived (last as usual) at the playground by the river. Sure enough, as soon as he arrived, Harriet started teasing him again.
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heavy green shell and shortlittle feet, you are the slowest guy I ever did meet Harriet taunted.Timothy slowly turned his head to look Harriet straight in the eye, I am too slow or so you say. To find the truth, let’s racetoday!”All the animals in the playground gasped. A race? Between Harriet Hare, the fastest runner and Timothy Turtle the last to show up? What an odd thing that would be to watch.“I’ll set upa course for you to race on”, offered Freddy the Fox.Harriet Hare laughed out loud, “A race you want? A race you’ll see. I know I’m faster than Timothy!”And so Freddy the Fox set up a racecourse all the way from the playground by the river to the big oak tree at the edge of the forest. All of the animals met at the starting line early in the afternoon.“On your mark…” shouted...