The Tortoise In The Tortoise And The Rabbit

How does the tortoise know he will win in The Tortoise and the Rabbit? How does the tortoise trick the antelope in quitting the race before he even crossed the finish line in The Tortoise and the Antelope? These two fables show very valuable lessons for success in life. Though both are compelling in different ways, they hold more similarities than you may realize. The tortoise is the sharpest animal in these fables while obviously the rabbit and antelope are gullible and smug animals that need to be taught a lesson. In The Tortoise and the Rabbit the main theme of this fable is that slow and steady win the race, but another theme is never to be careless with your talent. The rabbit, whose natural speed was far more superior then the tortoise, took advantage of the fact that he could easily win the race by …show more content…
In the long run it allowed the tortoise with such short legs and very slow pace of steps enough time to win, proving that slow and steady can win. The rabbit should have never been so cruel to the tortoise, nevertheless smug of his natural speed. The tortoise was smart, knowing it would get to the rabbit’s head that he could easily out run the tortoise. Any human or animal can have all the talent in the world and still lose to a hardworking, slow, and steady worker. This fable, The Tortoise and the Rabbit, is a perfect example of having sportsmanship, modesty towards others, and hard work to be successful. Talent is not everything but these three qualities in a person is what makes people successful in life. Sportsmanship means being fair and courtesy to others so just because it has ‘sports’ in the word does not mean this only applies to athletes, because it can also apply to co-workers, friend socials, and family situations. Another key quality of being successful is being modest towards others, which is basically showing proper behavior and self-respect as well as respect for others. This quality should be