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I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. I love aphorisms, secrets of adulthood,

paradoxes and teaching stories of all kinds, so of course I love Fables.

The most famous collection of Fables are Esop's Fables, which are teaching stories credited to

an ancient Greek storyteller named Esop, although modern scholars believe that Esop probably never

existed. One of the most famous of Esop's Fables is the story of the tortoise and the hare.

In case you don't remember it, here's my version of that well-known story.

Once upon a time, a tortoise and a hare met each other on a road. As the hare jumped back and forth

in front of the tortoise, he said, tortoise, how can you stand being so slow? Do you ever go anywhere?

The tortoise replied in his deep patient voice, yes, hare, I get anywhere I want to go.

I don't believe it, said the hare, and made ready to bound off to find more exciting company.

I'll prove it, answer the tortoise, I'll challenge you to a race.

The hare thought this idea sounded hilarious, so he agreed.

The fox agreed to act as judge, so that very afternoon they set the course,

the fox gave the signal, and the racers started off.

The hare immediately leaped out of sight, and before long he started to feel that it had been

beneath his dignity, even to agree to such a challenge. To demonstrate his confidence in his

victory, he decided to take a short nap. Meanwhile, the tortoise plotted on. Time went by,

and he passed the hare asleep by the side of the course. He kept going.

The sun was hot, and the hare slept much longer than he'd intended. When he woke with a start,

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