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Develop the following hints.
Tortoise - hare - forest - tortoise walking- seen by a hardware laughs - tortoise speed - tortoise sad - bet - race - tortoise moving- slow speed -hare moves - fast - sleepy tortoise - reaches a winning point - first - wins the bet.
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Solution
HARD WORK NEVER FAILS
Once there lived a tortoise and a hare in the forest. One day the hare saw the tortoise walking slowly. The hare laughed at the tortoise is speed. The tortoise felt very sad. One day they agreed to bet a race between them. The tortoise moved slowly but the hare moved as fast. When the hare saw the tortoise was coming slowly, it started to sleep. Meanwhile, the tortoise reached the winning point first and won the match.
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