The World of Myth Magazine

Its broad, vicious sneer was a near-mile wide
as the hare toed the line at the tortoise's side.
The hardtop, who knew that the race wasn't fair,
tied fresh cabbage leaves to his armored derriere.

The bald eagle, circling;
the fluffy tail twerkling;
the hare quickly snatched;
the challenge dispatched.

The race may be won by the slow and the steady,
but winners, more often, are those who are ready.

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