Together they start

They get the same chance

The tortoise was slow

And the hare—pretty fast

The tortoise is humble

The hare—he’s too proud

In fact he decided

‘Eh I’ll lay down’

The tortoise walked past him

So quiet, so slow

Then the hare woke and thought

‘He’s at the end of the road!’

He ran and he ran

But he couldn’t catch up

Next thing he knows

The tortoise was done!

Humiliated and defeated

The hare finally knows

That life is a race that is best taken slow.