. In fableland . best joke I ever heard,he said. You must be crazy. No, I am not crazy, said the tor-toise. I know what I am talkingabout. Shall we race, Mr. Hare? All right, I will race, said the hare;but it is very funny. There is the fox over there in theroad, said the tortoise. Ask him tocome and see that the race is fair. Oh, Reynard, called the hare,come here. This silly tortoise wantsto run a race with me. Isnt that ajoke? We want you to tell us whento start and how far to run. All right, said the fox. I like to 131 see races. Do you see that big treedown there in the road? The one whog
. In fableland . best joke I ever heard,he said. You must be crazy. No, I am not crazy, said the tor-toise. I know what I am talkingabout. Shall we race, Mr. Hare? All right, I will race, said the hare;but it is very funny. There is the fox over there in theroad, said the tortoise. Ask him tocome and see that the race is fair. Oh, Reynard, called the hare,come here. This silly tortoise wantsto run a race with me. Isnt that ajoke? We want you to tell us whento start and how far to run. All right, said the fox. I like to 131 see races. Do you see that big treedown there in the road? The one whogets there first wins the race. Nowget back here on this line. Startwhen I count three. Now, one, two,THREE! When Reynard said ^ Three, awaythey both went. The hare jumped along for a minuteor two, then he looked around. I wonder where that tortoise is, hesaid to himself. The idea of think-ing that he could race with me! It ishot to-day. What is the use of mygoing so fast? I will lie down andtake a little nap. 132. f The poor tortoise was left far behind. I know I cannot go very fast but Iwill get to the tree some time, he saidto himself. He moved slowly along the a while he saw the hare. 133 Why, he said, here is the do believe he is asleep. How queerthat he should go to sleep when he isrunning a race! If he will only sleepa little longer I can win. After a while the hare woke up Well, he said, I had a good dont see that tortoise anywhere. Iwonder if I slept too long. He ran down the road as fast as hecould. When he reached the tree, Reynardand the tortoise were both there wait-ing for him. Slow and steady work wins therace, said Reynard. 134 THE FROG AND THE MOUSE A frog and a mouse once becamegood friends. The frog lived most of the time inthe water. He sometimes went to visitthe mouse. I have such a nice home, , said the frog one day. I wishyou would come and see where Ilive. But you live under the water, saidthe mouse. I cannot go there for
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