A RABBIT AND A TURTLE

Many years ago there lived a rabbit named Phea. When he was young, he thought he was a very good rabbit. He lived by a lake. Every day he ran around and around it, jumping high into the air and singing with joy:Oco,hf@ _
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"Are you afraid to run against me, because you think I might beat you?" said the old turtle. z6`L{7{[.KD*k5S;Vo
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"Never. You will never beat me. If you want, we will run around the lake tonight when the sun goes down. O.K.?"^9W_b9Z(a2~D
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"Okay," said the old turtle.
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The old turtle walked slowly home. He called all his family and friends together and said to them what he had done. He asked for their help. He asked them to go by the lake and sit ten feet away from each other.^`H"UP,d)Q
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The race began when the sun went down. The young rabbit started to run fast. Then he stopped and looked back to see if the turtle had even moved..eOwe {A7f)\

W9h|[*v0hdI)[WH-p "Hello! Here I am," said a turtle right by the rabbit.
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The rabbit was very surprised. "How did you get here so fast?" said Phea.B5ark(xm
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"Oh, I am very fast," said the old turtle. "I am going to beat you.",B)a\&RZ8}H/S
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"Oh, no you're not. I will beat you." said Phea. And he ran off fast around the lake.$H:J.kJ0H9@ IHV"m

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"Hello again," a turtle said to him just ahead of Phea. N(i2_Y&ZY^,wL@ K
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.y%F!A^kqY Then, the rabbit knew that he had been cheated. But he learned something. He learned that he should not say that he is better than anyone else. He became a very helping rabbit.

thank you and i read the story in english for the first time:P g7P+}!u3_f ^
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good beginning but the end is so so, could you give us a better end?;P
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by the way, how to understand a helping rabbit in the last sentance?, a rabbit needs help from others or a rabbit always helps others? sorry, i can't catch it really.

Did you said the tortoise? I hate you!

It should be a rabbit and a lovely tortoise's story.

Reply #4 tortoise's post

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well, yes. it is very the lovely tortoise, the winner.:victory:

mazy, I will show you a lovely tortoise.  QTb#L.D\]eR'i
tortoise are very lovely, q7BLv(Q-{2d
I don't understand why there many people not like tortoise
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some one likes and some just don't know more about the tortoise and its life.
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tortoise's pictures are more lovely:P
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i have no idea about it and never contact it before.

tortoise is lovely animal:P

i love tortoise too ,lovely

Reply #10 yolandawxx's post

good news to tortoise. @(`F:|0uH!`` p
hope she can see the posts as soon as possible.:)

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tortoise is lovely !