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Thurber, on the other hand, regales us with a much more intense and thought-provoking version of the classic tale. In terms of length, both Aesop and Bierce stay with a short but 'punchy' paragraph, Aesop's ending with the moral of his story, while Bierce chooses to leave out a stated moral altogether.
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This is also the only iteration where one of the characters is female.
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This version has the inclusion of a third animal, a Fox “to.be the judge”, where Aesop's original had only the two characters. The tortoise issues the challenge and the hare accepts. Both Bierce and Thurber take a different approach.īierce's version begins with the hare instigating the race, after “having ridiculed the slow movement of a Tortoise”. The hare, “trusting in his natural speed”, is confident that he will win with little effort, and so, has a nap at the side of the road. While the basic story begins with the same general scenario (that is tortoise, hare, race), both Bierce and Thurber push Aesop's irony in a different direction.Īesop's version of the fable begins with a quarrelling hare and tortoise, who agree to the race, then part ways amicably. Show More Bierce and Thurber put an interesting spin on Aesop's 'Tortoise and the Hare’ fable.