Once there lived a tortoise in a lake. He swam about in the water and sometimes came out to sit on the banks of lake. A hare also lived nearby. He ran here and there and often went to the lake to drink water. One fine day, when the hare went to the lake , he saw the tortoise coming out of the water. Looking at the how slowly tortoise coming out of the water, the hare laughed out loudly and said," Poor tortoise! you do not even know how to walk. You are so slow". The hare was very boastful . He bragged about what a fast and swift runner he was. He ridiculed the poor tortoise for his slow pace. tired of listening to all the brags, the tortoise challenged the hare to a race. This made the hare laugh again . "O My God! what a joke," thought the hare. He was confident that he would easily beat the slow moving tortoise and win the race. So, he readily accepted the challenge. On th...