One day a rabbit was boasting about how
fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for being so slow. Much
to the rabbit’s surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The
rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the challenge. The fox
was to be the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit raced
way ahead of the turtle, just like everyone thought.
The
rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere.
He was hot and tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. Even if
the turtle passed him, he would be able to race to the finish line ahead
of him. All this time the turtle kept walking step by step by step. He
never quit no matter how hot or tired he got. He just kept going.
However,
the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could not
see the turtle anywhere! He went at full-speed to the finish line but
found the turtle there waiting for him.
Moral: never underestimate the weakest opponent.