Week
9 Reading Diary
How
the Terrapin Beat the Rabbit
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Everyone knew the Rabbit was a great
runner and thought nothing of the Terrapin except for the fact that he was a
slow traveler, but he was a fighter/warrior and very arrogant. This lead to the
Rabbit and Terrapin always arguing about their own and each other’s speed.
Finally they decided on racing each other to see who was faster. The Rabbit and
Terrapin determined the day, the starting place of the race and prearranged to
run the race athwart the four mountain ridges and the winner would be who
crossed the finish line first.
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The Rabbit was so confident in his
running ability that he said to the Terrapin, “You know you can’t run. You can
never win the race, so I’ll give you the first ridge and then you’ll have only
three to cross while I go over four.”
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The Terrapin rejected the Rabbits offer
and told him he would be alright, but on the inside, he was not very confident
in himself. He decided to go home to his family and sent for his Terrapin
friends because he was in need of all of their help and they agreed to help him.
He knew he could not outrun the Rabbit in this race, but he wanted so bad to
stop the Rabbit’s trash talking.
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The day of the race had finally arrived
and all of the animals had come to see the race. The Rabbit was with them at
the beginning of the first ridge, while the Terrapin made his way to the second
ridge, as they had agreed on. The race began and the Rabbit got off the furious
pace as he raced with long jumps up the mountain expecting to pass the finish
line before the Terrapin got over the second ridge. As he got up the mountain,
he saw the Terrapin go over the ridge ahead of him.
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The Terrapin kept up his great pace,
distancing himself from the Rabbit and surprising him with how fast he was
going. The Terrapin was way out in front of the Rabbit and the Rabbit was
getting tired and nearly out of breath. He could not make another jump, and
fell on the ground.
·
The Terrapin has positioned his friends
at each ridge and himself at the fourth ridge to help win the race.
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