ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"The Tortoise and the Hare” is one of Aesop’s Fables and is numbered 226 in the Perry Index. The account of a race between unequal partners has attracted conflicting interpretations.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Hare and a Tortoise decided one day to compete with each other in a race. That was because the Hare dared to laugh at the Tortoise for being so slow and heavy and he just couldn’t stand this painful offence. So the Tortoise suggested the race and the Hare agreed, very confident in himself.

Detailed explanation-3: -The fable tells of a race between a speedy hare and a slow tortoise. The overconfident hare takes a nap during the race, while the tortoise slowly but steadily advances to victory. The moral of the fable is “Plodding wins the race.”

Detailed explanation-4: -The tortoise continues to move very slowly but without stopping and finally it wins the race. The moral lesson of the story is that you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.