The Hare And the Tortoise
Friends of sorts
The hare and the tortoise
Lived beside a little cottage.
Fed up with the hare’s hair raising stories
Of self praise
Challenged him to a race
Which he agreed to with an impish grace!
The hare smiled ear to ear
Without an iota of doubt
Gleefully thinking of the tortoise’s defeat
The forest came to know about
The lop sided race
They tried to reason with him
To save his face!
His grit and determination
Won him their admiration..
And on was the competition
Between the two companions!
On the morn of the event
All the animals crowded round the tent
Near the start and finish line.
The circuitous route
Through the thick of the forest
Was chalked out with care
With the consensus of the tortoise and the hare!
The birds on the trees
Were instructed to oversee
With their birds eye view!
They consented to comment
On the exciting event
With their chirpy commentary!
Get Set Go
Boomed the baboon, and fired the shot in the air!
Like a bullet , shot out of sight the fleet footed hare!
While his rival just about stuck out his foot
To take the first step as if he had taken root
Showered with epithets
Like poor thing, foolish, simpleton…
To have locked horns with a marathon expert they went on and on…
Unmindful of the jeers and all
He plodded on and on…
The hare turned his head around …
Lo!
No trace of the fellow with him in the race!
Nonchalantly he decided
To rest awhile
To while away his time
To be a twosome at the finish line!
The buzzing bees, the rustling leaves,
The balmy breeze, the grass green , the shaded glade
Just the environ
To stretch and yawn
Heavy in sleep
His eyes seeped
Inert he lay
Happily in slumber on the hay!
Around afternoon the tortoise
Came upon the hare in siesta
No time to waste
He went his merry way
His goal to finish and hold his sway
In the forest way!
Towards eventide he caught a glimpse
Of the pulsating finish line!
All the animals had gathered with their families
Children playing, banging drums, clanging symbols,
Laughter and merrymaking, revelry and all
of course they knew the
Outcome of the competition…
What a surprise!
Surprise of surprise
When they sighted
Him inching in!
With the hare no where in sight!
A clap and a cheer broke out
For the tortoise
Meanwhile he awoke to hear the distant drums, cheer and all!
In a jiffy he was almost at the finishing line!
Not quite!
The winner was already announced!
He could see the tortoise
Held aloft by the jubilant crowd!
The parents endearingly giving a moral
To their young ones!
Slow and Steady
Wins the Race!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friends of sorts
The hare and the tortoise
Lived beside a little cottage.
Fed up with the hare’s hair raising stories
Of self praise
Challenged him to a race
Which he agreed to with an impish grace!
The hare smiled ear to ear
Without an iota of doubt
Gleefully thinking of the tortoise’s defeat
The forest came to know about
The lop sided race
They tried to reason with him
To save his face!
His grit and determination
Won him their admiration..
And on was the competition
Between the two companions!
On the morn of the event
All the animals crowded round the tent
Near the start and finish line.
The circuitous route
Through the thick of the forest
Was chalked out with care
With the consensus of the tortoise and the hare!
The birds on the trees
Were instructed to oversee
With their birds eye view!
They consented to comment
On the exciting event
With their chirpy commentary!
Get Set Go
Boomed the baboon, and fired the shot in the air!
Like a bullet , shot out of sight the fleet footed hare!
While his rival just about stuck out his foot
To take the first step as if he had taken root
Showered with epithets
Like poor thing, foolish, simpleton…
To have locked horns with a marathon expert they went on and on…
Unmindful of the jeers and all
He plodded on and on…
The hare turned his head around …
Lo!
No trace of the fellow with him in the race!
Nonchalantly he decided
To rest awhile
To while away his time
To be a twosome at the finish line!
The buzzing bees, the rustling leaves,
The balmy breeze, the grass green , the shaded glade
Just the environ
To stretch and yawn
Heavy in sleep
His eyes seeped
Inert he lay
Happily in slumber on the hay!
Around afternoon the tortoise
Came upon the hare in siesta
No time to waste
He went his merry way
His goal to finish and hold his sway
In the forest way!
Towards eventide he caught a glimpse
Of the pulsating finish line!
All the animals had gathered with their families
Children playing, banging drums, clanging symbols,
Laughter and merrymaking, revelry and all
of course they knew the
Outcome of the competition…
What a surprise!
Surprise of surprise
When they sighted
Him inching in!
With the hare no where in sight!
A clap and a cheer broke out
For the tortoise
Meanwhile he awoke to hear the distant drums, cheer and all!
In a jiffy he was almost at the finishing line!
Not quite!
The winner was already announced!
He could see the tortoise
Held aloft by the jubilant crowd!
The parents endearingly giving a moral
To their young ones!
Slow and Steady
Wins the Race!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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