Tortoise and Hare May 2‚ 2014 “On our honor‚ we have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment. Furthermore‚ we have read the entire report and agree that the content accurately reflects our work.” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Overall the Tortoise and the Hare project was a good example of how production works in the real world. The first round was an eye opener for a few teams in that a little more preparation needed to be done than was done. Students
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The Tortoise and the Hare Everyone knows the story of the tortoise and the hare. For it has been told for many years. In “The Tortoise and the Hare”‚ the hare mocks the slow-moving tortoise or turtle for being a slow-moving turtle so to speak. The tortoise takes on the challenge of racing the hare and announces that he would win the race because of his determination‚ not his speed. The hare finds this quite humorous and accepts the challenge. After the race begins‚ the tortoise plods along determinedly
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http://www.duboislc.net/read/Aesop/Aesop.html The first fable I remember my parents telling me as a child was “The Tortoise and the Hare”‚ so this prompted me to decide to do my first Web Form on Aesop. This website ended up getting a 9/10 only because I couldn’t find out when it was updated last. This site has a little about Aesop’s life‚ even though not much was known about it. It also has a list of his fables. I think it’s a decent website‚ because it has a list of all the fables Aesop wrote
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Tricky Tricksters Childhood stories stick in our memories like honey on Winnie the Pooh’s fingers. Phrases such as “slow and steady wins the race” are applicable to everyday life. The tortoise in The Tortoise and the Hare ends up winning the race because of his trickery over the hare. Tales like trickster stories often portray cultural explanations of nature’s wonders. In doing so‚ tricksters obtain unique characteristics‚ bold purposes‚ and evolve overtime. Trickster characters often represent
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The story “The Tortoise and the Hare” shows us that even if a person has a natural disadvantage in a challenge he or she can still succeed if they work hard and believe in themselves. It also shows the opposite which is if a person is overconfident in a challenge because of his or her natural advantages and doesn’t work hard and take the task seriously they can still fail the challenge. The story begins when a hare insults a tortoise for his slowness and brags about how great a runner she is. The
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COMPULSORY READING ’’Ghost Stories’’ RETOLD BY Rosemary Border ABOUT THE AUTHORS: A. M. BURRAGE Alfred McLellan Burrage (1889-1956) was a well-known English novelist. He enjoyed writing about ghosts and horror‚ and produced two novels and many short stories in this genre. ’’Smee’’ comes from his collection entitled ’’Someone in the Room’’. BRAM STOKER Stoker (1847-1912) has been called ’’one of the least-known authors of the one of the best-known books’’. As a child‚ he enjoyed listening to
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Hare’s Revenge Hi I’m Tortoise you might know about the Tortoise and the Hare. Well that story was about me except now I’m a world champion. I have raced in France‚ Australia‚ Germany and the Olympics. I usually win because of luck but through training I have become way better (tortoise was a little full of himself but did not realize). Oh‚ I forgot to tell you but now I’m in the most famous race it’s called the‚ actually I will just leave you to see what it is called. I was in the Olympics and
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Galapagos Tortoise Geochelone elephantopus‚ the scientific name for the Galapagos tortoise is currently endangered species‚ who inhabits the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are the world’s largest land tortoise. There are two types of Galapagos Tortoises: the “domed- shelled” and the “saddled back”. Since sailors and whalers would capture the Galapagos tortoises and eat them or make a profit out of them‚ they became endangered. The Galapagos Turtles became endangered
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Emma Morrison January 23‚ 2015 Natural Resources Eisman Snowshoe Hare on Kodiak The Snowshoe Hare is a small mammal located on Kodiak‚ Alaska. It is not native to the island. In the winter it can be seen with a pale white coat; whereas‚ in the summer it is brown in color. Each individual hare can vary in weight but are generally two to four pounds‚ roughly the weight of two to four one pound bags of rice. This makes them the smallest species in their genus.They are famously known in the animal
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10 May 2013 “The Tortoise and the Hare” teaches a valuable lesson of taking your time to do things right. The two characters in this story both participate in taking a race‚ however the least suspected character‚ the Tortoise won. The story begins when a hare insults a tortoise for his slowness and brags about how great a runner she is. The tortoise decides to then challenge the hare to a five mile race. The hare agrees to the race and the race starts. Because of the hare being such a fast runner
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