The rabbit was eager to participate in the running race at the upcoming Spring Festival. He trained and prepared. On the day of the race, the rabbit was running neck and neck with the squirrel and fox. When the squirrel stumbled and hurt himself near the finish line, the fox continued running to win but the rabbit stopped to help his injured friend. Though he lost the race, the rabbit was honored for demonstrating friendship was more important than winning. The moral of the story is that friendship and helping others is more significant than winning or losing a competition.

1. THE RABBIT, THE FOX, THE
SQUIRREL AND THE
FRIENDSHIP

2. Once upon a time, there was a rabbit
who was living in a big, beautiful
forest with his family and his friends.

3. A few weeks later, it was the Spring Festival’s time in the forest, and there would
be many activities during this festival. One of them would be the running race,
and the Rabbit was very eager to participate in this contest, because he was very
interested in sport especially in running and would be very happy if he could take

4. So, he made all his preparation for this, he
ate a balanced diet, he did his training, he
became careful about his sleeping time etc.
As the contest date was getting closer, the
Rabbit’s excitement was getting higher.

5. In the evening before the running race, his
father talked to him and said that he should be relaxed first of all, and keep in
mind that it is only a game. So, he said “We can sometimes be the winner of a
game and sometimes be the loser, so to win a race is not the most important thing
in the world and there are some others to be considered, don’t forget my dear

6. Now it was the contest day. Everything and everybody was ready for the race. The
Rabbit was going to race with the Squirrel, and the Fox. The race has started, the
Squirrel and the Rabbit was in close distance to each other and the Fox was
following to them. The race was very exciting and it was near to finish.

7. But suddenly an unexpected thing happened; while turning the last curve, The
Squirrel stumbled and fell down to the ground. He started to cry, because his whole
body was in great pain and he could not move himself in anyway. So, he shouted an
asked for help while crying: “Please help me, I cannot stand up, please help!”. The
Fox heard the Squirrel, but he did not do anything when he got closed to him and

8. The Rabbit was near to the finish part and when he heard the Squirrel screams he
remembered what his father told him the day before, “to win a race was not the
most important thing in the world, there are some others....”, “Yes, it is friendship,
friendship is more important than being the winner of a race” he thought and he
right away went to the Squirrel, and helped him to stand up.

9. The Squirrel thanked to the Rabbit for his self-sacrificing behaviour, and the
Rabbit was very pleased to help his friend when he is in need. All animals
appreciated the Rabbit, and the race committee decide to give him an Honour Cup
for his gentle behaviour. As for the Fox, he finished the race and succeeded to get
the cup, but all animals blamed him for his thoughtless behaviour and did not talk

10. THE END
MORAL: TO WIN OR TO LOSE IS NOT THE ONLY
THING IN THE LIFE, BUT THE FRIENDSHIP AND
BEING HELPFUL TO OTHERS.

11. PREPARED BY
REYHAN DURMUŞ
ESRA ÖZBEÇETEK
ESRA GÖNDEN