读前想一想
1. Which one do you think runs faster, a tortoise or a rabbit?
2. Did you run in a race? Did you win?
3. How can you win a race?
The Tortoise and the Rabbit
One day, a tortoise walked down the road. He walked very slowly.
A rabbit saw him and laughed. "You are so slow!"
"You are wrong," said the tortoise. "I'm not slow, but I don't like to hurry."

"I'm not wrong!" said the rabbit. "Let's have a race! I'm sure to win."

"Okay," said the tortoise. "Let's have a race to the lake."
"I'm going to win!" said the rabbit, and he ran down the road.
The rabbit ran and ran. Soon he felt tired and stopped. "I would like to sleep," thought the rabbit. "The tortoise is so slow. He can't catch up with me."
So the rabbit went to sleep under a tree.

The tortoise walked and walked. On his way, he saw the rabbit sleeping under the tree. He was tired, but he didn't stop. He kept walking down the road.

After many hours, the rabbit opened his eyes. He jumped up. "Oh no!" he thought. "I slept too long!"

He ran down the road to the lake. Soon he saw the lake. "I'm sure to win!" he thought. Then he saw the tortoise. The tortoise was already there.

The tortoise smiled and said, "I won the race!"
The rabbit learned a lesson:
Slow and steady wins the race.
读后做一做
Read and order the sentences. 根据故事情节给下列句子排序。
1. The tortoise keeps walking and wins the race in the end.
2. The rabbit sees the tortoise on the road.
3. The tortoise is far behind the rabbit, so the rabbit sleeps under a big tree.
4. The rabbit runs very fast and is sure to win.
5. They want to have a race to the lake.

A rabbit.
Yes, I did. But I lost the race.
By running every day.
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