Tortoise And Rabbit
Venkatramana Gowda
Padmanabha

Long time ago, Rabbit, Tortoise and Hare ran in a competition.

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Other animals watched the race.

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Rabbit was defeated. Although Tortoise won the race, he did not boast.

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Tortoise and Rabbit remained friends.

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King Lion sent Tortoise and Rabbit to visit the neighbouring kingdom.

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Tortoise and Rabbit left to do as King Lion ordered.

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King Lion waited for Tortoise and Rabbit to return.

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The road they used was full of stones and thorns.

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Tortoise and Rabbit walked and walked.

They rested and talked.

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They planned to help each other to.

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Rabbit carried Tortoise over thorns.

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When they reached the river, Tortoise carried Rabbit across.

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Tortoise walked very fast.

Rabbit held on his back.

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Tortoise and Rabbit discussed with the other king as their king wanted.

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They returned home very fast.

Tortoise and Rabbit were bigger friends!

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Tortoise And Rabbit
Author - Venkatramana Gowda, Divaspathy Hegde
Adaptation - Ursula Nafula
Illustration - Padmanabha
Language - English
Level - First words