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The Tortoise and the Hare

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The Tortoise and the Hare	comment	"The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of the best-known of Aesop's Fables.The story starts with a speedy and haughty hare making fun of a tortoise for being so slow. In response, the tortoise challenges the hare to a race, which he can't help but accept, believing that this will be an easy victory. During the race, the hare easily gets a massive lead on the tortoise, and decides that his advantage is so great, he could easily take a nap and wake up before the tortoise catches up.Of course, the hare wakes up just as the tortoise, who had slowly but steadily kept going the whole time without any breaks, is about to cross the finish line, and despite his desperate scurrying, he is unable to make it in time. Humbled, the hare learns a valuable lesson: slow and steady wins the race.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: During the race, the hare quickly gains a large lead and stops partway through to nap under a tree, confident in his advantage. The tortoise creeps by, making his slow but steady progress towards the finish line. By the time the hare finally wakes up and realizes that the tortoise is about to win, even the hare's great speed isn't enough close the gap, and the tortoise wins the race. The moral of the story is not to let oneself be blinded by arrogance, and that determination and perseverance can make up for a lack of natural advantages.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_1fdb5403	type	Last-Second Showoff
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_1fdb5403	comment	Last-Second Showoff: The Trope Codifier. During the race, the Hare gains such a massive lead over the Tortoise that the Hare takes a nap under a tree. By the time the Hare wakes up, the Tortoise has almost crossed the finish line. Despite a frantic scramble from the Hare, the Tortoise ultimately wins the race thanks to the Hare's hubris.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_2727c89a	type	Pride Before a Fall
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_2727c89a	comment	Pride Before a Fall: The titular hare, blessed with great natural speed, loses a race to a slow tortoise, because the hare was so arrogant that he'd win that he took a nap in the middle of the race. One of the lessons of the fable is to keep your pride in check, lest you make an easily-avoidable mistake.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_66ec693b	type	Diligent Hero, Slothful Villain
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_66ec693b	comment	Diligent Hero, Slothful Villain: The tortoise is presented as the more admirable character because he puts in the work, while the hare - perhaps more of an Anti-Role Model than an outright villain - is a pompous jerk who takes a nap instead of taking the competition more seriously.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_7286e96d	type	Idiot Ball
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_7286e96d	comment	Idiot Ball: The hare would have easily curb-stomped the tortoise in their race if he hadn't decided to take a nap under a tree in the middle of it, arrogantly believing that the tortoise is so slow that falling asleep would change nothing. We all know how well that went for the hare.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_795705c6	type	Sturdy and Steady Turtles
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_795705c6	comment	Sturdy and Steady Turtles: This story tells of a race between a proud, speedy hare and a slow, plodding tortoise. The hare, being the fastest animal around, has no doubts that he will win, quickly gains a large lead and stops partway through to nap under a tree, confident in his advantage. The tortoise instead keeps making his slow but steady progress towards the finish line. By the time the hare finally wakes up and realizes that the tortoise has passed him and is approaching the finish, it's too late for even his speed to close the distance and the tortoise wins. The moral of the story is not to let oneself be blinded by arrogance, and that determination and perseverance can make up for a lack of natural advantages.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_b4eff8a8	type	Epic Fail
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_b4eff8a8	comment	Epic Fail: The hare loses to the tortoise. Even better? The hare could have won easily, and the only reason why he lost was because he took a nap in the middle of their race, arrogant enough to believe he would still win owing to the tortoise's slow speed.
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The Tortoise and the Hare / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The Tortoise and the Hare / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: The hare makes fun of the tortoise for being so slow. He gets what's coming in the end when he's humiliated by losing their race.
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The Tortoise and the Hare	hasFeature	Lions and Tigers and Humans... Oh, My! / int_e42d7793
The Tortoise and the Hare	hasFeature	Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught / int_e42d7793
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The Tortoise and the Hare	hasFeature	Repeated Rehearsal Failure / int_e42d7793
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