Skildpadden og haren

The Tortoise and the Hare

En dag gjorde en hare nar af en skildpadde, fordi den var så langsom.

One day, a hare made fun of a tortoise because it was so slow.

"Kommer du overhovedet nogensinde frem?"

"Do you ever get there at all?"

spurgte han med en hånlig latter.

he asked with a mocking laugh.

"Ja," svarede skildpadden,

"Yes," replied the tortoise,

"og jeg når frem hurtigere, end du tror. Jeg vil løbe om kap med dig og bevise det."

"and I get there faster than you think. I will race you and prove it."

Haren syntes, det var en rigtig sjov idé.

The hare thought it was a really funny idea.

Han var sikker på, at han kunne vinde.

He was sure that he could win.

"Helt i orden," sagde han,

"All right," he said,

"lad os løbe om kap."

"let us race."

Ræven indvilligede i at afmærke ruten og være dommer.

The fox agreed to mark out the route and be the judge.

Løbet begyndte, og haren løb så hurtigt, at han snart var langt foran skildpadden.

The race began, and the hare ran so fast that he was soon far ahead of the tortoise.

For at vise, hvor lidt han regnede skildpadden for, lagde han sig i vejkanten for at tage en lur.

To show how little he thought of the tortoise, he lay down by the roadside to take a nap.

"Jeg har masser af tid," sagde han til sig selv.

"I have plenty of time," he said to himself.

"Den langsomme skildpadde indhenter mig aldrig."

"The slow tortoise will never catch up with me."

Skildpadden fortsatte i mellemtiden med at gå langsomt, men støt.

Meanwhile, the tortoise continued to walk slowly but steadily.

Den standsede ikke et eneste øjeblik.

It did not stop for a single moment.

Skridt for skridt kom den tættere og tættere på målstregen.

Step by step, it got closer and closer to the finish line.

Haren sov videre og videre.

The hare kept on sleeping.

Da han til sidst vågnede, så han, at skildpadden næsten var i mål.

When he finally woke up, he saw that the tortoise was almost at the finish line.

Han løb, så stærkt han kunne, men det var for sent.

He ran as fast as he could, but it was too late.

Skildpadden havde allerede krydset målstregen og vundet løbet.

The tortoise had already crossed the finish line and won the race.

"Sagtens og støt vinder kapløbet," sagde skildpadden med et smil.

"Slow and steady wins the race," said the tortoise with a smile.

Og haren lærte den dag aldrig at være så sikker på sig selv og aldrig at gøre nar af andre.

And that day, the hare learned never to be so sure of himself and never to make fun of others.