Once upon a time, there was a turtle that enjoyed taking walks around the lake. One day, while walking the turtle met a speedy rabbit. " Walk faster turtle. Walk faster! Slow-movers should not use the road," the impatient rabbit said. "And why is that?" asked the turtle. "Because I'm a rabbit. Rabbits are fast. Turtles are slow," the boastful rabbit answered. "Not me!" replied the turtle. "Rabbits can run and hop. Turtles just crawl." laughed the rabbit. "Not me!" protested the turtle. "I can walk and I can swim." "Well, I can jump! Turtles can't," the proud rabbit replied. "Oh, really! But I can beat you in a race," said the turtle. "What? You can't beat me in a race. I'm a rabbit and you're just a turtle," said the rabbit. "Well, let's try and see," said the turtle.

The next day, all the animals gathered to watch the race. 'Ready, set, go!'  The race started. The rabbit ran ahead as fast as lightning. The turtle was lagging behind. The rabbit couldn't let the turtle beat him so the rabbit went hop, hop, hop. Run, run, run. Faster and faster. Run, run, run. Faster and faster. The distance between them was getting bigger and bigger, raising the rabbit's self-confidence.

After running, the rabbit noticed carrots beside the road. "Oh, my favorite! I didn't have breakfast today," said the rabbit. "I’ll eat these delicious carrots, rest for a while, then I’ll resume the race and I’ll be the winner, of course. The turtle is still too far from me!" Thinking that he was far ahead and that there was no way for the turtle to catch him. The rabbit decided to take a nap under a tree.