The Great Race

Three animals came to race each other to see who was the fastest. The kangaroo, the tiger and the cheetah.

They were about to start, when the turtle came up to them and asked, "Can I race with you too?"

But the kangaroo replied, "Your much to slow, you could never win," "But that doesn't matter, I want to do it for fun!" said the turtle. "If you really want to you can," said the kangaroo.

So the race started and all the animals went as fast as they could except the turtle.

The cheetah was in the lead, followed by the tiger and kangaroo racing far behind. The turtle all the way at the back, just past the starting line.

But the cheetah slowly came to a stop, because he used up all of his energy. So he went and sat under a big, shady tree for a break.

The kangaroo had over taken the tiger and had gone on to win the race. He passed the tiger like a speeding bullet but he also slowed to a holt. he slowly hopped to the dam and had a big drink.

The tiger was confident as he ran by, because he saw the cheetah and the kangaroo out of the race.

Meanwhile, he turtle was passing the cheetah who had fallen asleep.

The tiger started to just jog, but he wasn't going to give up just yet. He wanted to win and prove he was the fastest.

The kangaroo had drunk so much, his stomach was too full to run.

The turtle kept going to see the kangaroo sitting on the ground holding his stomach. He too wanted to win now, but he just kept walking slowly.

The tiger had slowed to a walk now and he too had to have a drink so he found a dam a bit further down the track. He had a drink and started walking again nearly falling over.

The turtle kept walking, catching up to the tiger. He nearly passed him when the tiger lay down breathing heavily. The turtle walked and passed the tiger and finally got to the finish line.

But the cheetah and the kangaroo got up again and started racing. The turtle walked over the finish line and won the race.

"But how did you beet us?" asked the cheetah at the finish line. "You guys all stopped to have a rest and I kept walking," answered the turtle.

The moral to this story is 'slow and steady wins the race'.

Rachel Tapscott

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