A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable: a swift Hare laughs at a slow Tortoise, the Tortoise challenges him to a race, and while the Hare naps by the path, the Tortoise keeps going slowly but steadily.
Read first 3 pagesThe opening of The Tortoise and the Hare: A Gentle Retelling, free to read.
The Hare was swift. He ran very fast. Zoom! The Tortoise was slow. One day the Hare made fun of the Tortoise for being so slow.
“Do you ever get anywhere?” the Hare asked with a mocking laugh. “Yes,” said the Tortoise, “and I get there sooner than you think. I’ll run you a race and prove it.”
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