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    The Hare and The Tortoise

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    The original fable tells the story of a race between a boastful hare and a tortoise. The hare falls asleep confident in his speed while the tortoise steadily walks to victory. Two additions to the story are proposed: 1) The hare invites the tortoise to a rematch and runs consistently to win. This shows that being fast and consistent can beat slow and steady. 2) The tortoise proposes a river crossing for their third race, giving himself a natural advantage by swimming while the hare cannot. Choosing terrain to your strengths allows victory even against a normally faster opponent.

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    The Hare and The Tortoise

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    The original fable tells the story of a race between a boastful hare and a tortoise. The hare falls asleep confident in his speed while the tortoise steadily walks to victory. Two additions to the story are proposed: 1) The hare invites the tortoise to a rematch and runs consistently to win. This shows that being fast and consistent can beat slow and steady. 2) The tortoise proposes a river crossing for their third race, giving himself a natural advantage by swimming while the hare cannot. Choosing terrain to your strengths allows victory even against a normally faster opponent.

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    The original fable tells the story of a race between a boastful hare and a tortoise. The hare falls asleep confident in his speed while the tortoise steadily walks to victory. Two additions to the story are proposed: 1) The hare invites the tortoise to a rematch and runs consistently to win. This shows that being fast and consistent can beat slow and steady. 2) The tortoise proposes a river crossing for their third race, giving himself a natural advantage by swimming while the hare cannot. Choosing terrain to your strengths allows victory even against a normally faster opponent.

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    The Hare and The Tortoise

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    The original fable tells the story of a race between a boastful hare and a tortoise. The hare falls asleep confident in his speed while the tortoise steadily walks to victory. Two additions to the story are proposed: 1) The hare invites the tortoise to a rematch and runs consistently to win. This shows that being fast and consistent can beat slow and steady. 2) The tortoise proposes a river crossing for their third race, giving himself a natural advantage by swimming while the hare cannot. Choosing terrain to your strengths allows victory even against a normally faster opponent.

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    The Hare and the Tortoise

    There once was a speedy Hare who bragged about how fast he could run. Tired of hearing him boast,
    the Tortoise challenged him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch.

    The Hare ran down the road for a while and then paused to rest. He looked back at the tortoise and
    cried out, "How do you expect to win this race when you are walking along at your slow, slow pace?"

    The Hare stretched himself out alongside the road and fell asleep, thinking, "There is plenty of time to
    relax."

    The Tortoise walked and walked, never ever stopping until he came to the finish line.

    The animals who were watching cheered so loudly for Tortoise that they woke up the Hare. The Hare
    stretched, yawned and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise had already crossed the finish
    line.

    Moral: Slow and steady wins the race.

    This is the story that we have all grown up with. But recently, two additions have been proposed to the
    story.
    Addition 1
    After being defeated by the tortoise, the hare did some soul-searching. He knew that though he had
    tried hard in the beginning, he was not consistent, and had grown overconfident. He was determined
    to undo his mistakes, and invited tortoise for another race. This time, the rabbit was careful to run the
    whole distance, and of course, emerged the winner.

    Moral: Fast and consistent may be better than slow and steady.

    Addition 2
    Well, after emerging the loser in the second race, the tortoise thought long and hard. He knew that in
    any traditional terrain, the hare would win, if he was fast and consistent. Therefore, he thought of a
    non-traditional terrain for the race. Then he invited the rabbit for another race. This time the rabbit
    laughed out loud, thinking that the tortoise was out of his head. But the tortoise insisted that there
    should be another race and the terrain would be decided by the tortoise. The rabbit agreed to the idea.

    The race began. The rabbit was leading in front, with the tortoise far back trundling along. Around half
    way through the race, they came across a river. The rabbit halted on the bank of the river, wondering
    how to cross the river. Meanwhile, the tortoise approached the river slowly, got in to the water, swam
    across, climbed up on the other bank, ran the last few kilometers, and won the race.

    Moral: when your capabilities are below par, choose a playing ground that gives you a natural
    advantage.

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