The Hare and the Tortoise tells the classic fable of a race between the two animals. The arrogant Hare boasts that he will easily beat the slow Tortoise. When the race starts, Hare speeds ahead while Tortoise plods slowly behind. Hare stops to take a nap, confident in his lead, but wakes to find that Tortoise has steadily made his way to the finish line and won the race while Hare was sleeping. The moral is that steady, persistent effort can overcome a fast start.