The Tortoise and the Hare Continued

Title

en_US The Tortoise and the Hare Continued

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First printing

en_US Original story by Aesop 600 BC, Revised by Barry Lane 2002 AD

Creator

en_US Lane, Barry

Contributor

en_US Bodimeade, Miles

Date

2016-01-25T19:55:37Z

en_US 2009-02

en_US 2002

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:55:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 2002

Abstract

en_US This is a clever book. The key to its approach is the word continued. The story never stops developing. One reads near the beginning Grown ups do enjoy stories which tell children how to behave, but they sometimes leave out the stuff which might confuse you. So we are to imagine what happened the day after the famous race. The tortoise became rich and famous but was challenged by other hares to prove himself and lost ignominiously to them all. Moral: Quit while you're ahead. Now these hares became famous and appeared on The Hoprah Show. Tortoises secretly hired speedy gophers to carry shells and beat the hares in the next challenge race. Moral: Cheating can sometimes work. And: Never judge a tortoise by its shell alone. The hares wanted a rematch. In the rematch, hail stopped the hares but not the tortoises. Moral: Even bad weather can bring good results. The frustrated hares fashioned armor to resist the hail, wore and supported it in the next race, and discovered too late that they did not need it. Moral: If you live in the past, you lose in the present. The long-lived tortoise met the great-grandson of the original hare -- hares average eight years of life to a tortoise's more-than-fifty -- and told him stories about his great-grandfather, who learned his lesson and turned to planting seeds. Moral: Time heals all wrongs. Actually, this story was not true; the original hare never learned his lesson. He even lost to a flea who climbed onto his back and leapt off over the finish line. The tortoise made up the more positive story of the original hare to inspire the young hare. That young hare grew up to be a doctor who worked hard to build a better world. He gave a graduation speech telling the nice version of his great-grandfather; some hares who heard him resolved to live slower and steadier. And many did! Moral: Made up stories can improve real lives. Text and illustration are always on facing pages. Unfortunately, this copy's pages were crinkled up at the bottom. I wonder how I missed this book when it first came out. My wonder increases as I pay $24.10 for a copy that was once sold on clearance for $.49!

Identifier

en_US 9781931492010 (hc)

en_US 6655 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81973

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Discover Writing Press

en_US Shoreham, VT

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.L364 Tor 2002

en_US Aesop

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole