The Hare and the Tortoise

Once upon a time there lived a

hare. The hare could run very fast.

It was proud of its speed.

One day, the hare saw a tortoise

walking very slowly. The hare

laughed at the tortoise and said,

“Oh! You are so slow, such a slow

coach!” The tortoise said, “My dear

friend, you are so proud. Let’s have

a race to see who is faster.”

So the hare and the tortoise had a

race. The hare ran very fast and

very far. Then it turned back to see

where the tortoise was. The

tortoise was far behind the hare. It

was walking so slowly!

The proud hare thought, “The

tortoise will take a very long time

to come near me. Let me have a

nap.” So it stopped running and

went to sleep.

The tortoise slowly but steadily

went past the hare. The hare

suddenly woke up and saw the

tortoise just crossing the finishing

line. It started running very fast.

But it was too late. The tortoise had

already won the race.

The Goose with the Golden Eggs

Once upon a time, a man and his

wife had the good fortune to have

a goose which laid a golden egg

every day. Lucky though they

were, they soon began to think

they were not getting rich fast

enough.

They imagined that if the bird must

be able to lay golden eggs, its

insides must be made of gold. And

they thought that if they could get

all that precious metal at once,

they would get mighty rich very

soon. So the man and his wife

decided to kill the

bird.

However, upon

cutting the goose open, they were

shocked to find that its innards

were like that of any other goose!

MORAL: THINK BEFORE YOU ACT