French/English edition of a classic tale. One day Tortoise overhears Hare boasting, 'I can run so fast I leave the wind behind.' 'What nonsense,' says Tortoise to Hare. 'I'll give you a race.' Hare falls about laughing, but all the same he accepts the challenge. As they set off, Hare bounds down the lane, with Tortoise creeping along behind. Hare obviously has the natural advantage, so he stops for an elevenses of carrots, is overcome by sleepiness and takes a long nap. Soon Tortoise has crept slowly but surely past him and wins the race - just! Aesop's most well-known fable - pitting boastfulness and conceit against sharp wits and doggedness - is simply but delightfully retold by Angela McAllister and is illustrated by Jonathan Heale's stylish woodcuts to create an animal classic.
Un beau jour, la Tortue entendit le Lièvre
se vanter devant plusieurs lapins:
«Je suis tellement rapide que je peux aller plus vite que le vent !».
Les lapins en étaient ébahis.
One day, Tortoise overheard Hare boasting
to some rabbits.
“I can run so fast, I leave the wind behind,”
said Hare.
The rabbits were amazed.
«N’importe quoi», dit la Tortue, sortant laborieusement d’un plant de rhubarbe. «Moi, je
pourrais te battre à la course.»
Le Lièvre baissa la tête vers la Tortue: «Ceux qui sont petits et lents, ça ne vaut pas la peine de faire la course contre eux» dit-il, et il franchit le plant de rhubarbe d’un bond.
Les lapins applaudirent.
La Tortue plissa les yeux et répondit: «Alors tu crois que tu peux me battre, hein?»
“What nonsense,” said Tortoise, creeping out of the rhubarb. “I’ll give you a race.”
Hare peered down at Tortoise. “Short, slow people aren’t worth racing,” he said, and he leapt right over the rhubarb.
The rabbits cheered.
Tortoise squinted up at Hare: “Think you can beat me, eh?”
Publication Details:
Binding: Hardback, 32 pages ISBN: 9781845079468 Format: 214mm x 270mm
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