Fairy+Tale+Rewrite

 **The Tortoise and the Hare**  **One summer day all of the forest animals were out playing in the meadow and as usual the hare was showing off his speed. He is always making fun of all the big and slow animals because he knows if they try to hurt him he can just run away. Oh, forgive me but I believe I have forgotten to introduce myself, I am the Oak Tree. I am the only tree in the meadow and all of the forest animals love to come and rest under my shade-providing branches.**  **So as I was saying the hare was once again boasting about "how fast he is" and "how he can beat anyone and everyone in a race." Finally because he was tired of Hare's stuck-up attitude, Tortoise yelled out "ok Hare I'm tired of your attitude, i challenge you to a race!" Hare just laughed, he fell to the ground laughing, pounding his fists on the ground in laughter he said "You could never beat me Tortoise, you are just a tortoise, the slowest of all the animals!"**  **Tortoise replied "What are you chicken, you must be afraid!" So the Hare accepted the Tortoise's challenge and they mapped out a course through the meadow and they got the bear to stomp through the grass to make the track even.**  **So, the forest animals began to line the track to watch the race. The Hare and the Tortoise got ready at the starting line and awaited the starting sound (which was the bears roar). As the bear gave his mightiest roar the hare took off at an amazing speed. He was gone from Tortoise’s sight within seconds, and the tortoise just kept going at a steady pace. The hare crossed the halfway mark, which was me, in just a few minutes. He ran for another second or two and decided to turn around and sleep for a while in the shade under my branches. ** **He had the worst dream of his entire life while sleeping, he dreamed he was losing a race to the Tortoise and if he didn't run faster than he ever had in his life then the fastest animal in the forest would lose to the slowest.** **He woke from his sleep shivering because of his nightmare, and then he laughed at himself and said "HA! I could never lose a race to the tortoise!" He then stood up and looked back along the track to the starting line to try and find the tortoise and when he didn't see him he just shrugged. He stretched and got ready to take off and noticed the sun gleaming off of a round green thing near the finish line.** **To his surprise it was the tortoise just mere feet from the finish line, he took off running the fastest his little legs could carry him. He was only seconds from the finish when the tortoise crossed the line, and he just stopped running.** **He walked the rest of the race having to listen to the laughter of all of the other forest creatures. As he crossed the line he saw the tortoise and asked “Would you like to gloat now?" and the tortoise just said that since he won he would like the hare to quit gloating and the hare agreed.**