Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers: The Tortoise and the Hare © Scholastic Teaching Resourcs

The Tortoise
and the Hare
A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Jackie Snider
Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers: The Tortoise and the Hare © Scholastic Teaching Resourcs

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The Tortoise
and the Hare
A retelling by Violet Findley • Illustrated by Jackie Snider
Folk & Fairy Tale Easy Readers: The Tortoise and the Hare © Scholastic Teaching Resourcs

Guided Reading Level G

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Written by Violet Findley
Illustrated by Jackie Snider
Designed by Maria Lilja
ISBN: 0-439-77403-9
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and a hare.
Once upon a time, there lived a tortoise
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The hare, who was very fast, always teased

the slow tortoise.
“Ha, ha, ha! Even a snail is faster than
you!” he said.
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The tortoise did not like the teasing one bit.

Finally, he decided to do something about it.
“Let’s have a race,” he said.
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The hare fell down laughing.

“OK, but you know I will win,” he said.
“We will see,” said the tortoise.
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On the day of the big race, all of the animals

came to watch.
“On your mark, get set, go!” said the fox.
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The hare hopped. Fast, fast, fast.

The tortoise walked. Slow, slow, slow.
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The hare hopped. Fast, fast, fast.
The tortoise walked. Slow, slow, slow.
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the tortoise.
Soon the hare was way ahead of

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“Ha, ha, ha! I can take a nap and still wake

up in time to beat the tortoise,” said the hare.
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So he did. Snore, snore, snore.

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But as the hare napped, the tortoise walked.

Slow, slow, slow. And guess what? By and
by, the tortoise passed the hare!
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After a while, the hare woke up.

“Oh, no! the tortoise is winning!” he yelled.
He jumped up and hopped along the path.
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the finish line first.
But it was no use. The tortoise crossed
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all the animals cheered.

“The tortoise won! The tortoise won!”

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“How did you ever beat the hare?”

asked the horse.
The tortoise grinned, “The hare may be
fast, but slow and steady wins the race.”
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Glossary
by and by after a while

grinned smile

hare an animal like

a rabbit

steady carefully

tortoise an animal like

a turtle
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