The turtle and the rabbit, a slightly revised Aesop fable 
Recorded at Step Two

Part I
One sunny Tuesday morning, a turtle was wandering through Golden Gate Park. A white rabbit happened to see her getting closer to the pond. The rabbit started to laugh. He said to the turtle:

Hey slowpoke, you need some longer legs.

The turtle had been hearing such laughter all her life. She felt impatient with all the creatures who had been making fun of her ever since she could remember. She said to the white rabbit:

No way. Today, I'm just tired from yesterday's race. I usually move as fast as the Internet.

The rabbit responded with a ton of laughter. He said:

Prove it, kiddo.

Now the turtle was stuck. She tried to continue her bravado. She said:

Okay. Let's go for it. We'll run around the pond. That's about a mile or so. Whoever gets to the boathouse first is the speed champ.

The turtle and the rabbit found a mallard to act as judge. The mallard drew a line in the dirt, and said:

You both be here tomorrow morning at dawn.

Part 2
The next morning, the turtle, the rabbit, and the mallard gathered at the line in the dirt. The mallard raised her wing and shouted, "Go," and the rabbit took off. 

The rabbit ran until he was out of sight. Somehow, he didn't like getting up so early, and he realized that he hadn't had his usual breakfast. He looked back along the pond. The turtle was nowhere to be seen. He decided to have a breakfast break. He headed off toward the snack bar to get some pink popcorn and an orange drink.

Meanwhile, the turtle had started her way around the pond. She was a little overwhelmed at how fast the rabbit had disappeared, but she knew she had to try to win the race. She put one foot ahead of each foot, and she kept going.

To herself, she kept saying:

One step at a time.

The rabbit enjoyed his pink popcorn and his orange drink. Somehow, he had managed to spill the orange all over his paws. He had to find some running water to get cleaned up. Then, he realized how totally exhausted he was.

He decided to just stretch out for a couple of minutes under a large clump of daisies.

Part 3
The sun was high in the sky, and the rabbit was still sleeping. The turtle was still making her way, one step at a time. She too was totally exhausted, but she kept up her pace, one step at a time.

She looked ahead. She could see the fox and the finish line ahead of her. She wanted to stop for a drink, but she knew she could not. She had to keep going, one step at a time.

The sun was moving across the sky. The rabbit was still sleeping under the daisies. Unexpectedly, the sunlight shone through the daisies. The rabbit woke up and stretched. He remembered the race. With great confidence, he knew that he could easily finish running around the pond long before the turtle could. He stretched again and pulled himself up and ran back to the pond.

Ahead, he could see the turtle. Imagine his amazement when he realized that she was just about to cross the dirt finish line. He increased his pace, but he was too late.

The turtle was exhausted, but she managed to cross the line before the rabbit. She felt terrific about her accomplishment.

The moral of the story: Slow and one step at a time wins the race.