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What's up guys? I'm Whitney, and this is Olivia!

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You can find us at DearNaptural85, Naptural85Vlogs,

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but today we're visiting Story Circle at Cool School!

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And the story we're reading today is the Tortoise and the Hare

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Are you ready for Story Time?

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Our story today is The Tortoise and the Hare.

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No, not that kind of HAIR.

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HARE, like a rabbit.

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No, “Hare” is another name for a rabbit.

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That’s better.

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Ok, so, our story begins at the Animal County Fair.

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The animals’ favorite event at the fair is the big race.

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The hare had been bragging all week how he was the fastest animal around and that he could beat anybody!

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"Yeah! Nobody can beat me!"

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Who would challenge him? Maybe a super-fast greyhound...

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or a racehorse...

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or maybe even a cheetah!

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Cheetahs are really really really fast.

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"You say you're the fastest animal around.

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Are you saying that YOU

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could beat a cheetah?

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"Any cheetah that races me should just worry about getting dust in his eyes,

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you know, ‘cause I’ll be running so FAST and kicking up dust!”

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[coughs]

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Oh that sure is a lot of dust, huh...

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"Can we get a PA on this please?"

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[coughs]

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The hare was talking so much trash,

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no one wanted to race him at all!

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When Mayor Moose called all the runners up to the starting line,

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only the hare showed up, kicking up dust in everybody’s faces! Rude!

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When his dust cloud cleared,

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everyone saw that one other animal actually dared to show up for the race!

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Boys and girls…It was Tina.. a TORTOISE!

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- which is a fancy way of saying a turtle...

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Can you believe that? A Turtle??

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“Are you kiddin' me? You’re one of the slowest animals of all time!

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"Maybe a snail is slower, or maybe a sloth...

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"What're you thinkin'??"

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“Inquiring minds want to know, what ARE you thinking?”

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“Well, I never have run in a race before.

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"I think it’s important to try new things. So here I am!”

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“Don’t you know you’ll lose?! You can’t beat me!

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He he he he!"

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“The hare says you’ll definitely lose. Care to comment?”

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“I like a challenge...

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"But, I have to admit, I’d bet on the hare.”

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Then Mayor Moose said: “On your marks... get set... GO!”

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"And they're off!"

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Well, the hare ran off.

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The tortoise began her slow walk toward the finish.

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And she was slooooooow. Really slooow...

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Meanwhile the hare had run so far ahead that he looked back and thought,

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“You know, why not stop for a little snack?”

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The hare munched on some carrots from the Little Red Hen’s garden.

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The tortoise marched on.

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The hare hopped ahead further

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and then decided he would just stop again for a while and play some games on his phone,

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maybe play some Carrot Crush, watch some Cool School...

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Still, the tortoise kept walking.

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The crowd had actually begun to cheer her on.

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The hare heard the cheers and thought they were for him.

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“They’re already celebrating my victory!

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"I bet they’ll give me a giant trophy,

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"one so big I could fill it up with water and swim in it!”

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He practiced his victory dance. It went like this:

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The hare danced so hard he got kind of tired

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and decided he’d just take a little nap.

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[yawns]

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"Why not? I have plenty of time,

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"that tortoise is so slow, kinda feel bad for her…

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"At least she has a cool shell, too bad she’s not a ninja turtle.”

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As the hare slept he dreamed of the finish line and all of his race-winning glory!

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All the applause!

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Signing autographs!

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His picture in all the newspapers, with headlines that read:

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“Hare Defeats Tortoise!” and “Move Over, Cheetah! Local Hare Named Fastest Animal In The World!”

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It was a VERY happy dream.

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And still, the tortoise marched on.

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In fact, the tortoise marched right past the sleeping hare!

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"And the tortoise is in the lead! I repeat, the tortoise is in the lead!"

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Well, this made the crowd go WILD!

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The noise of the crowd woke up the hare.

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Oh, and look! The tortoise is almost at the finish line!

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The hare jumped up from his nap and charged toward the finish,

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but the tortoise used all the energy she could muster and took one GIANT tortoise leap--

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really isn’t very much of a leap at all, more like a small step,

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but hey, it was a LOT for a tortoise—and SHE WON!

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The tortoise beat the hare!!

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"And the tortoise has defeated the hare! I do not believe it sports fans!

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"The tortoise IS the fastest animal in the land!"

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The hare was not happy at all.

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He stomped and cried and threw an awful tantrum. You might say...

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he was hopping mad!

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But the tortoise was very happy!

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The crowd cheered and gave her a GIANT trophy.

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She got her picture in all the newspapers, she signed a lot of autographs, and she got to be on TV!

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It was a great day at the Animal County Fair.

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One that all the town’s animals would remember forever.

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It was the day they all learned that hard work and dedication can really pay off.

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They also would remember the funnel cake because the funnel cake was really, really good that year,

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but mostly they would remember that the champion of the big race was Tina, the Tortoise.

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She never gave up, she refused to quit, and because she kept on trying, she won the race!

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The end!

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