In your folk tale the rabbit loses the race, not because he lacks the [[ability]] or [[skill]] to outrun the turtle, but because he becomes [[complacent]], resting on his [[ego]] centered laurels and assuming that he will be the winner. But the turtle continues to move steadily, [[persistently]] plodding along, until [[eventually]] her efforts crown her with [[victory]]. | In your folk tale the rabbit loses the race, not because he lacks the [[ability]] or [[skill]] to outrun the turtle, but because he becomes [[complacent]], resting on his [[ego]] centered laurels and assuming that he will be the winner. But the turtle continues to move steadily, [[persistently]] plodding along, until [[eventually]] her efforts crown her with [[victory]]. |