One day a hare met a turtle by the river and said:
- Let's run a race! We will assign a reward to the winner - a basket of the ripest fruits. Let's put the basket on a distant hill. Whoever comes running first will eat the fruit.
The turtle thought and agreed.
They filled the basket with fruits, placed it on the top of a distant hill, and returned to the river.
- Let's run! - said the hare and roared with laughter. He knew that he ran much faster than a turtle. And the tortoise knew that it could not keep up with the hare. But still she hurried as hard as she could to the distant hill.
And the hare rolled on the grass laughing and couldn’t catch his breath. Finally, when the hare came to his senses, he saw that the tortoise was already climbing a distant hill. He ran after her as fast as he could. Yes, I'm just late. When the hare reached the top of the hill, the tortoise was already eating the juicy fruits.
Why did this happen?
The turtle walked towards the goal without stopping. And the hare was lying in the grass and bragging. But a braggart has no use for fast legs.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru