1. Narrated by

2. Once a hare and a tortoise decided
to have a race.
You are so slow.
I am so fast.
Let us run a race
up to the mango tree.

3. Ha, ha,
ha !
The race began.

4. The hare ran with
long leaps –
Hop, hop, hop.
The tortoise walked
slowly- plod, plod, plod.

5. The hare came to a carrot patch.
Yummy !What lovely red
carrots!
The tortoise is far behind.
I’ll eat a few carrots.

6. But he ate a lot
of carrots.
Then the hare came to a
radish patch.
Slurp !What juicy
white radishes !
I’ll eat only a few.

7. But he ate up
quite a few.
chomp
chomp
chomp
Then the hare came to
another vegetable patch.
Fresh leafy
vegetables !
So good to
eat.

8. So he ate up
quite a few.
munch
munch
munch
The hare was now too full. He
ran hop-ity-hop, hop-ity-hop.

9. He was feeling very
sleepy.
I’ll take a
Little nap.
He slept under a tree.

10. He slept on and on. All this while,
the tortoise didn’t stop.
He walked on and on.

11. He reached the
mango tree.
The hare woke up.
He ran to the mango tree.

12. What did he see ?
Ha, ha, ha !
Slow but steady
wins the race.