We will run half a mile in a race." ? "Very good," said the hare; said the tortoise, " Proceed, And the fox shall decide who has won." Then the hare started off with incredible speed, But the tortoise walked leisurely on. *' Come, tortoise, friend tortoise,... Stories and Tales from the Animal World - Page 200by Emma M. C. Greenleaf - 1901 - 243 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1863 - 260 pages
...shall decide who has won ;" Then the hare started off with incredible speed, But the tortoise walk'd leisurely on. "Come, tortoise, friend tortoise, walk...hare, "While I shall stay here for my dinner ; Why, 't will take you a month, at that rate, to get there, Then, how can you hope to be winner !" But at... | |
| Edmund Shorthouse - 1908 - 660 pages
...in a race." " Very good,"- said the Hare,- " Pray proceed,— and the Fox shall decide who has won." Then the Hare started off at incredible -speed,—...the Tortoise walked leisurely on. " Come, Tortoise, my Friend, walk on," laughed the Hare. — "Well! I shall stop here for my dinner. It will take you... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1887 - 252 pages
...said the tortoise, " Proceed, And the fox shall decide who has won." Then the hare started off with incredible speed, But the tortoise walked leisurely...the hare, "While I shall stay here for my dinner; VVhy, 't will take you a month, at that rate, t(. ^ec there ; Then, how can you hope to be +winner?... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 246 pages
...has won." Then the hare started off with incredible speed, But the tortoise walked leisurely on. 4. "Come, tortoise, friend tortoise, walk on," said the...hare, "While I shall stay here for my dinner; Why, 't will take you a month, at that rate, to get THE ECLECTIC SERIES. 5. But the tortoise could hear... | |
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