The Tortoise and the Hare
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The Tortoise and the Hare or The Hare and the Tortoise is a fable attributed to Aesop. The story concerns a hare who one day ridiculed a slow-moving tortoise. In response, the tortoise challenged his swift mocker to a race. The hare soon left the tortoise far behind and, confident of winning, he decided to take a nap midway through the course. When he awoke, however, he found that his competitor, crawling slowly but steadily, had already won the race. The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:
- Slow and steady wins the race.
The fable was adapted into a 1934 Silly Symphonies animated short subject of the same name by Walt Disney Productions. It also served as the inspiration for three Bugs Bunny Merrie Melodies cartoons co-starring Cecil Turtle.
An animated adaption will be made and completed in 2008.
