One day a hare saw a tortoise walking slowly along and began to laugh and mock him.The hare challenged the tortoise to a race and the tortoise accepted.They agreed on a route and started off the race.
壹天，壹只兔子看到壹只烏龜慢慢地走著，開始嘲笑他，兔子向烏龜挑戰比賽，烏龜接受了。他們商定了壹條路線，開始了比賽。
The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time.Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise,he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.
兔子沖在前面，輕快地跑了壹段時間，然後看到自己遠遠領先於烏龜，他想他應該在樹下坐壹會兒，放松壹下，然後繼續比賽。
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep.The tortoise,plodding on,overtook him and finished the race.The hare woke up and realized that he had lost the race.
他坐在樹下，很快就睡著了。烏龜拖著沈重的腳步，超過了他，完成了比賽。兔子醒來，意識到他輸了比賽。
寓意：
寓言《龜兔賽跑》最早的寓意是虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後。《龜兔賽跑》出自伊索寓言。《龜兔賽跑》通過描寫烏龜和兔子賽跑，兔子在跑到的中途睡了壹覺，結果被持之不懈堅持跑完全程的烏龜超越了。
《龜兔賽跑》故事傳入我國後，有童話學家根據龜兔賽跑故事，二度創作《龜兔二次賽跑》，最終兔子堅持跑完全程，烏龜因為慢吞吞，落後了。《龜兔二次賽跑》寓意是，要認識自身，改變劣勢。