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"The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting interpretations. The fable itself is a variant of a common folktale theme in which ingenuity and trickery (rather than doggedness) are employed to overcome a stronger ...
5 de jul. de 2016 · Aesop Fables / 5 July 2016 by DaBoss. A Tortoise and Hare decide to race. The hare is so confident in the lead that he naps while the tortoise keeps going to win. Slow and steady wins the race. Aesop’s Fables The Tortoise and the Hare narrated by Jon Wilkins. Courtesy of Jon Wilkins.
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.
Había una vez, en un campo no muy lejano, una liebre energética y feliz y una tortuga dormilona. La feliz liebre se llamaba Noel y la tortuga dormilona se llamaba Archibald. A la tortuga Archibald le gustaba sentarse y masticar su cena lentamente, mientras que la liebre Noel engullía su cena y corría alrededor de Archibald hasta marearse.
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. Slow and steady wins the race.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ is one of Aesop’s best-known fables. The meaning or ‘moral’ of the fable is worth analysing more closely, however, and the story has attracted a number of competing – indeed, actively conflicting – interpretations.
The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never yet been beaten,” said he, “when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me.” The Tortoise said quietly, “I accept your challenge.” “That is a good joke,” said the Hare; “I could dance round you all the way.”
