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ราชบัณฑิตยสภา 52 The rabbit was disappointed at losing the race and he did some thinking. He realised that he’d lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there’s no way the turtle could have beaten him. So he challenged the turtle to another race. The turtle agreed. This time, the rabbit went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles. The turtle did some thinking this time, and realised that there’s no way he can beat the rabbit in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and then challenged the rabbit to another race, but on a slightly different route. The rabbit agreed. The turtle and rabbit stared off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the rabbit took off and ran at top speed. Until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a couple of kilometres on the other side of the river. The rabbit sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the turtle trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race. The turtle and rabbit, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better. So the turtle and rabbit decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time. They started off, and this time the rabbit carried the turtle till the riverbank. There, the turtle took over and swam across with the rabbit on his back. On the opposite bank, the rabbit 2 3 4