一天，兔子嘲笑腿短、跑不快的烏龜。烏龜不服氣地說： “盡管你可以跑得像風一樣快，但是我依然可以在比賽中打敗你！ ”兔子不以為然，覺得烏龜是根本不可能取勝的。於是。她接受了烏龜的挑戰，並達成協議：由狐狸來選擇並確定終點。到了比賽那天，烏龜和兔子一起出發了。烏龜不敢有絲毫鬆懈，一直努力地向前爬。而兔子卻躺在路邊睡大覺呢。她醒來之後，拚命地追趕烏龜。可這時，烏龜已經到達了終點，正在悠閑地散步呢。
堅持不懈的努力可以幫助我們贏得人生的比賽。
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 ihe Hare，believiion to be simply impossible，assehe proposal；and they agreed that the Fox should choose the d .x the goal. On the day appoihe race the twether. The Tortoise never for a mome went on with a sloace straight to the end of the course. The Hare，lying down by the wayside， fell fast asleep. At last ，and moving as fast as he could，he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal，and was fortably doziigue.
Slow but steady wins the race.