Firethorn's Den

The Hare and the Tortoise

Two little boys were engaging in a riddle.
"How do you put a hare in a refrigerator?"
The bigger boy asked.
"You take out the milk carton, then put the hare in."
Came the witty reply.

Speaking of  a  hare leads to this story about the race between the hare and
the tortoise, politically correct of course.

The news of the race spread around  the forest like wild fire.  Mr. Fox  who
was forever sharp minded had his flyers contributed to every home he could
reach.  He figured he owned the right  to  this  pay-per-view venue since he
had thought up the idea before anyone else.

Mr. Skunk  was  very pleased upon reading  the  flyer because Mrs. Skunk
was about  to  give birth any day now.  With the pay-per-view coming right
to his home, he would be able to stay and help during the delivery.

Not to  be out done since their papa was  the  main  character  of the event,
the three little hares set out to buy as many lawn chairs  as  they could at the
market. They had planned to rent them out at the front row seat rate.

On the day of the race,  Mr. Tortoise  showed up looking quite sharp in the
brand new Nikes.  Of course,  both  Adidas and Nike had approached Mr.
Tortoise  but  Nike won out with the offering  of  a  year supply  of  organic
vegetables.

Time passed...10 minutes, 20 minutes and so on.

"Where is Mr. Hare?" This question floated around back and forth.

But of course,  the boys who were also watching the event with anticipation
remembered that they hadn't let Mr. Hare out off the refrigerator.

So,  Mr. Tortoise  won  the  race  fair  and  square  and earned  a  life  time
contract from an advertising company selling 'Turtle Wax.'

The end

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