The Sly Turtle and The Innocent Rabbit

Edited by: Rizki Sulistya

Once upon a time in a land down under, lived a briskly Rabbit and a poky Turtle. The Rabbit was so fast that he bragged about it everywhere he went, while the Turtle was nowhere near him in terms of speed. Getting annoyed by the Rabbit’s bragging, the Turtle challenged him to a race!

“You must be crazy! You think an old slowpoke like you can beat me?” the Rabbit asked.

“We’ll see,” said the Turtle.

The Turtle was aware that his decision of challenging the Rabbit was never a good one and he knew that he could never win against him. But he had a plan.

The next morning, all the animals lined up to watch the big race. Before it began, the Turtle approached the Rabbit while he was getting ready. The Rabbit offered him one tasty carrot juice.

“Here have some juice, you’ll love it! It’s carrot!” said the Turtle enthusiastically.

“Gee… thanks but this does not mean I’ll go easy on you. You are still going to lose badly! So better forfeit now than getting yourself embarrassed out there later!” said the Rabbit while he drank the juice until the last drop.

“We’ll see…” said the Turtle with a big smirk on his face.

The race was about to begin. The Rabbit and the Turtle hurried to their places. Mayor Piggy fired the starting pistol, and the Rabbit sped off leaving the little Turtle coughing in his dust.

“ah-hem! Ah-hem! We’ll see… I’ll see you in the finish line…” said the Turtle confidently.

The Rabbit ran so far, so fast, but suddenly his eyes couldn’t stop blinking, he became really sleepy.

“I think I’ll just take a quick nap under this big old tree. That old slowpoke will never catch up with me anyway!”

But the Rabbit was so sleepy that he slept for a really long time. While he was sleeping, the Turtle passed him by. He took a glance at him.

“Pffft… Loser!” said the Turtle.

It turned out the Turtle intentionally put a sleeping pill into the carrot juice that the Rabbit had before the start of the race.

The Turtle ended up winning the race. When the turtle finished first, all the animals yelled “Hooray!” and the story of how he cheated has never been found out and

the Rabbit has kept his mouth shut to this very day.