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The Hare and the Tortoise

There once was a speedy Hare who bragged ____ how fast he could run. Tired ____
Tortoise challenged him to a race. All the animals in the forest gathered to watch.

hearing him boast, the

The Hare ran ____ the road ____ a while and then and paused to rest. He looked back ____ the tortoise
and cried ____, "How do you expect to win this race when you are walking along ____ your slow, slow pace?"
The Hare stretched himself ____
relax."

alongside the road and fell asleep, thinking, "There is plenty ____

The Tortoise walked and walked; never ever stopping ____

time to

he came to the finish line.

The animals who were watching cheered so loudly ____ Tortoise, that they woke ____ Hare. The Hare
stretched and yawned and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise was already ____ the line.
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