“Thirty seconds till the robo-active-poo-laser-ychofalios shield will deactivate!” exclaimed ‘Product #3215’, just the average metallic - silver coloured robot. Now, these words were stated on the day in which the first outer space sixty minute race would take place! It’s location was an area in the milky white Milky Way Galaxy where the Eagle Nebula and the Three Pillars Nebula intersected. This was where the famous, big, brown, and static boulders of poop resided.
As you might have guessed already, it was a race that didn’t take place on land. Due to this, there were giant floating rings of glass filled with hot, glowing yellow lava which showed the ‘road’ on which the contestants would race.
Talking about the two contenders, they were Hare, and Turtle. They were getting ready for the big race, with fluids of confidence and perseverance oozing throughout their arteries and veins. The hare was producing a bronze plated vibration gun from his neon blue coloured storage jetpack. Simultaneously, he was curiously glaring at the turtle, who was prepping up his million dollar high speed rocket booster (which aided him to go faster in times of need).
All this happened at the nick of time, with only five seconds to start. “Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Move your buttocks up the track!” blasted ‘Product #3215’ out of her mouth, firing a special high intensity sound wave straight up in the air.
Right off the bat, the two contenders had accelerated to their maximum speed. For an extra boost, the hare had fired his vibration gun backwards, which aided his jetpack to move faster. Moreover, it pushed the turtle towards the opposite direction of the finish line. To follow, the hare, light and aerodynamic, rocketed on...
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...t (this is how slow the turtle was, he had actually just traveled a hundred meters). Now, was the time that the hare had woken up. The hare noticed that he was not on his hoverchair, and also outside of the track. Here, he had a splendid view of the whole race track. He could see the turtle right before the finish line. He packed up his hoverchair, wore his jetpack, and rushed faster than a speeding bullet to the finish line. He could see it! The finish line was a meter away from him. But with a microsecond of a difference, and the turtle won, leaving the hare in grief. So much, that he flew into outer space (to probably commit suicide), never to be seen again.
And so this, was the story of the hare and the turtle. The turtle prospered, and the hare probably died (or something).
But don’t forget : Slow and steady always wins.
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The Hare and the Turtle
* In case you are curious, the engine rpm got up to about 7000 rpm and the track speed got up to about 60 mph or more during this clip. I supported the track with a stand and ran the throttle while an observer ran the camera.
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