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Ambrose Bierce

The Hare and The Tortoise

Of two Writers one was brilliant but indolent; the other though dull, industrious. They set out for the goal of fame with equal opportunities. Before they died the brilliant one was detected in seventy languages as the author of but two or three books of fiction and poetry, while the other was honoured in the Bureau of Statistics of his native land as the compiler of sixteen volumes of tabulated information relating to the domestic hog.

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Kind of hard to understand.

Mon, 02/16/2004 - 06:11

Kind of hard to understand.

This story makes sense, it is saying how good books outsell..

Thu, 07/22/2004 - 14:59

This story makes sense, it is saying how good books outsell bad books. I liked it.

is a good story but cut be better if be more duration and..

Wed, 10/19/2005 - 19:49

is a good story but cut be better if be more duration and more details

dont get it that much.

Wed, 03/08/2006 - 21:43

dont get it that much.

i havent read this story yet because i am going to use it..

Mon, 05/15/2006 - 10:57

i havent read this story yet because i am going to use it as a school project but i hope its what i am looking for.

i think this story is a very good story

Wed, 07/19/2006 - 07:26

i think this story is a very good story

is agood story but cut be better

Thu, 07/27/2006 - 20:19

is agood story but cut be better

I believe this story is intended to be self-referential.

Wed, 08/09/2006 - 11:05

I believe this story is intended to be self-referential.

I think this story is very good it talks about two writers..

Tue, 07/03/2007 - 10:48

I think this story is very good

it talks about two writers on was brilliant but, indolent.

they learn seven languages.

But, it is good to have mare detaills.

it has moral because learning seven languoge is hard.

Gibberish!

Tue, 09/23/2008 - 13:03

Gibberish!

What does this have to do with learning languages? Do..

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 08:09

What does this have to do with learning languages? Do people who comment actually read the stories??? !!!

good story. the brilliant one had books translated into 70..

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 23:54

good story.

the brilliant one had books translated into 70 languages for 2 ~3 of his books.

the industrious one wrote 16 volume of information on domestic hog.

Now, this is the irony of life isnt it?

i like it

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:15

i like it

This story give us good lessons. If I do not have excellent..

Mon, 10/25/2010 - 13:46

This story give us good lessons. If I do not have excellent ability than others, I do not get disappointment, but I can try steadly about somthing I want.

it was corny

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 12:38

it was corny

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