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	Aesop's Fable:  The Tortoise and the Hare
	Especially if you are learning a musical instrument, this fable is applicable to us all, children, young people and adults!

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The Tortoise and the Hare An Aesop Fable

One day a hare was bragging about how fast he could run. He bragged and bragged and even laughed at the tortoise, who was so slow. The tortoise stretched out his long neck and challenged the hare to a race, which, of course, made the hare laugh even more. "My, my, what a joke!" thought the hare. "A race, indeed, a race. Oh! what fun! My, my! a race, of course, Mr. Tortoise, we shall race!" said the hare. The forest animals met and mapped out the course. The race begun, and the hare, being such a swift runner, soon left the tortoise far behind. About halfway through the course, it occurred to the hare that he had plenty of time to beat the slow trodden tortoise. "Oh, my!" thought the hare, "I have plenty of time to play in the meadow here." And so he did. After the hare finished playing, he ran on a little way until he came across a vegetable patch, in a garden on the road, which was full of delicious vegetables .  He decided that he was really hungry and because the farmer and his wife, who owned the garden, did not seem to be home, he would jump over the wall and try out some of the vegetables.  After a while, in the hot afternoon sun and with a big round belly full of vegetables, he decided that he really had to take some time for a short nap.  He figured that he was still very far ahead of the tortoise. "I have plenty of time to beat that tortoise," he thought, after I wake up from my short nap.  And he cuddle up against a tree and dozed. The tortoise, in the meantime, continued to plod on, albeit, it ever so slowly. He never stopped, but took one step after another.  He kept at it a step at a time and step by step until finally he came to where the hare was soundly asleep. He quietly tip-toed past the hare and with his attention focused firmly on his goal he kept going step by step by step by step towards the finishing line. The hare finally woke from his nap. "Time to get going," he thought. And off he went faster than he had ever run before! He dashed as quickly as anyone ever could up to the finish line, where he met the tortoise, who was patiently awaiting his arrival.   Moral of the story Slow and steady wins the race!