The classic tale of the tortoise and the hare reminds us that different people take life at different speeds and that one way is not necessarily superior to another.
In fact, in the story it is the slower animal that ends up arriving at the destination first. In the same way, some of us seem to move very quickly through the issues and obstacles we all face in our lives.
Others need long periods of time to process their feelings and move into new states of awareness.
For those of us who perceive ourselves as moving quickly, it can be painful and exasperating to deal with someone else's slower pace. Yet, just like the tortoise and the hare, we all arrive at the same destination, together, eventually.
People who take their time with things are probably in the minority in most of the world today. We live in a time when speed and productivity are valued above almost anything else.
herefore, people who flow at a slower pace are out of sync with the world and are often pestered and prodded to go faster and do more.
This can be not only frustrating but also counterproductive because the stress of being pushed to move faster than one is able to move actually slows progress.
On the other hand, if a person's style is honored and supported, they will find their way in their own time and, just like the tortoise, they might just beat the speedier, more easily distracted person to the finish line.
It's important to remember that we are not actually in a race to get somewhere ahead of someone else, and it is difficult to judge by appearances whether one person has made more progress than another.
Whether you count yourself among the fast movers or as one of the slower folks, we can all benefit from respecting the pace that those around us choose for themselves.
This way, we can keep our eyes on our own journey, knowing that we will all end up together in the end.
乌龟和兔子的经典故事提醒我们,不同的人在不同的速度,一种方法是把生活不一定优于另一种。
事实上,这个故事是慢的动物,最终到达目的地。以同样的方式,我们中的一些人似乎将很快通过在我们的生活中我们都面临的问题和障碍。
其他人需要很长一段时间来处理自己的感情和进入新状态的意识。
对我们中的.那些认为自己迅速移动,它可以是痛苦的、让人恼火处理别人的慢。然而,就像乌龟和兔子,我们都到达同一个目的地,最终在一起,。
的人把他们的时间和事情可能是少数在大多数今天的世界。我们生活在一个时间当速度和生产力几乎都价值高于一切。
herefore,流动速度较慢的人与世界同步,往往纠缠,刺激去更快,做更多的工作。
这不仅可以令人沮丧而且还会适得其反,因为压力被迫移动速度比实际上是能够减缓进步。
另一方面,如果一个人的风格是荣幸和支持,他们将会发现自己的时间,就像乌龟一样,他们可能只是击败更快,更容易分心终点线的人。
重要的是要记住,我们不是真的在某个比赛获得领先于别人,并很难以貌取人是否一个人比另一个更大的进步。
你是否计算自己在快速行动者或慢的人,我们都可以受益于尊重周围的人选择为自己的步伐。
这种方式,我们可以保持我们的眼睛在自己的旅程,知道我们都将最终在一起。
Bird: Friends, friends, come here and have a look. （伙伴们，伙伴们，快来看啊！）
The hare and the tortoise will have a match again. （小兔和乌龟又要比赛了。） Monkey: The hare and the tortoise will have a match? （小兔和乌龟又要比赛了？）
Didn’t the hare lose last year? Why do that again? （小兔不是输了吗？怎么还要比呀？）
Bird: Yes, the hare lost the match last year, and her mother was too angry to eat anything in two days. （是的，小兔去年输了，兔妈妈气得两天没吃任何东西。）
Mother hare order them to have a match again this year.
（兔妈妈命令他们今年再比一次。）
Monkey: Oh, so it is. （原来是这样。）
Together: ( Music)...!
Monkey: Everybody, the match begins. （各就各位，比赛开始了。） I’m the referee. （我是裁判）
Hare and tortoise, ready? （小兔乌龟，准备好了吗？）
Mother hare: Honey! Honey! Come on! （亲爱的！亲爱的！快过来！） Have some coffee. （喝些咖啡。）
Hare: Mom, oh, I can’t drink it all. （妈妈，哦，我喝不下了。）
Mother hare: It can help you keep alert on the way. （它可以让你精精神神的。） My little dear! Drink it quickly! （亲爱的！快点喝了它！）
Monkey: Mother hare, the match is going to begin. （兔妈妈，比赛要开始了。） Mother hare: Ah! The match is going to begin. （啊！比赛要开始了。） Monkey: Please ready, go! （预备，跑！）
Birds: Come on, come on! （加油，加油！）
Tortoise will be the winner. （乌龟赢！）
Tortoise will be the winner. （乌龟赢！）
Hare: Yi? I know this tree, oh, yes! The grass is very soft. （我认识这棵树，是的，草软软的。）
I fell asleep comfortable under the big tree. （树下睡觉舒舒服服的'。） This time I won’t sleep. （这次我不会再睡了。）
Oh? There are two routes. Here or there? Which one? （这里有两条路，这儿？那儿 ？哪条啊？）
Mom, mom, help me, help me! （妈妈，妈妈，帮帮我，帮帮我。）
Tortoise: Hare, let me tell you, turn to the right. （小兔，我告诉你，向右。） Hare: Ah! Tortoise, you’re here? So fast! （啊！乌龟，你跑到这儿了？这么快！） Come on, come on! （我得加油了！）
He’s my opponent, Can I believe him? choose the right way？No! （他是我的对手，我能相信他走右边吗？不！）
After I run farther, he will turn to the left, （等我跑远了，他再往左一拐。）
Then I will lose the match. （那我就要输了这场比赛。）
Oh, yes, I should choose the left way. Run faster! （哦，是的，我应该选走边，快跑！）
Tortoise: Hare, hare, you’ve gone a wrong way. (小兔，小兔，你跑错路了。) Come back, come back. （回来，回来。）
My friends come and help me! （伙伴们，快过来，帮帮我！）
Together: Tortoise, why don’t you run fast? （乌龟，你为什么不快跑？） Mother hare: Oh, tortoise, Is it your turn to sleep under the tree this time? （哦，乌龟，这次是不是轮到你在树下睡觉了？）
Tortoise: Mother hare, look! Your daughter’s got a wrong way. （兔妈妈，看！你女儿跑错路了。）
Mother hare: Oh, my god, why? Why is she going there? （哦，天啊，为什么？她为什么会去那儿？）
Didn’t you tell her it’s a wrong way? （你没告诉她那条路是错的吗？）
Tortoise: I told her, but she didn’t believe me. （我说了，但是她不相信我。） She said “mother told me the opponent is the enemy. I couldn’t believe you.” （她说“妈妈告诉我对手就是敌人。我不能相信你。”）
Mother hare: Yes, I said that. （我是说过。）
My daughter’s got a wrong way, she can’t win the match. You run please! （我女儿跑错路了，她不能得冠军了，你跑吧！）
Tortoise: Mother hare, she’s got the wrong way, it’s unfair to her, I must find her. （兔妈妈，她跑错路了，这样对她不公平，所以我必须找到她。）
Hare mother: Tortoise, you, you’re a good boy. （乌龟，你，你是个好孩子，） The match won’t go on. My daughter loses at the very beginning because of me. （比赛不用进行了，因为我的错误，我女儿在起跑线上已经输了。咳！） Tortoise: Mother hare, it’s not important to win or lose the match. （兔妈妈，谁是冠军不重要。）
Let’s call her back，OK? （让我们把她喊回来吧！）
Together: Yes, you are right. OK! （是的，你说的对。）
Hare, hare, come back. Come back. （小兔，小兔，回来。回来。）
龟兔赛跑
兔子长了四条腿，一蹦一跳，跑得可快啦。
乌龟也长了四条腿，爬呀，爬呀，爬得真慢。
有一天，兔子碰见乌龟，笑眯眯地说：“乌龟，乌龟，咱们来赛跑，好吗?”乌龟知道兔子在开他玩笑，瞪着一双小眼睛，不理也不踩。兔子知道乌龟不敢跟他赛跑，乐得摆着耳朵直蹦跳，还编了一支山歌笑话他：
乌龟，乌龟，爬爬，
一早出们采花;
乌龟，乌龟，走走，
傍晚还在们口。
乌龟生气了，说：“兔子，兔子，你别神气活现的`，咱们就来赛跑。”
“什么，什么?乌龟，你说什么?”
“咱们这就来赛跑。”
兔子一听，差点笑破了肚子：“乌龟，你真敢跟我赛跑?那好，咱们从这儿跑起，看谁先跑到那边山脚下的一棵大树。预备!一，二，三，---”
兔子撒开腿就跑，跑得真快，一会儿就跑得很远了。他回头一看，乌龟才爬了一小段路呢，心想：乌龟敢跟兔子赛跑，真是天大的笑话!我呀，在这儿睡上一大觉，让他爬到这儿，不，让他爬到前面去吧，我三蹦二跳的就追上他了。“啦啦啦，啦啦啦，胜利准是我的嘛!”兔子把身子往地上一歪，合上眼皮，真的睡着了。
再说乌龟，爬得也真慢，可是他一个劲儿地爬，爬呀，爬呀，爬，等他爬到兔子身边，已经累坏了。兔子还再睡觉，乌龟也想休息一会儿，可他知道兔子跑得比他快，只有坚持爬下去才有可能赢。于是，他不停地往前爬、爬、爬。离大树越来越近了，只差几十步了，十几步了，几步了………终于到了。
兔子呢?他还在睡觉呢!兔子醒来后往后一看，唉，乌龟怎么不见了?再往前一看，哎呀，不得了了!乌龟已经爬到大树底下了。兔子一看可急了，急忙赶上去可已经晚了，乌龟已经赢了。乌龟胜利了。
兔子跑得快，乌龟跑得慢，为什么这次比赛乌龟反而赢了呢?
