Once upon a time there was a hare who, boasting how he could run faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise for its slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise answered back: "Who do you think you are? There's no denying you're swift, but even you can be beaten!" The hare squealed with laughter.

"Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there's nobody in the world that can win against me, I'm so speedy. Now, why don't you try?"

Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. The hare yawned sleepily as the meek tortoise trudged slowly off. When the hare saw how painfully slow his rival was, he decided, half asleep on his feet, to have a quick nap. "Take your time!" he said. "I'll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute."

The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed round, looking for the tortoise. But the creature was only a short distance away, having barely covered a third of the course. Breathing a sigh of relief, the hare decided he might as well have breakfast too, and off he went to munch some cabbages he had noticed in a nearby field. But the heavy meal and the hot sun made his eyelids droop. With a careless glance at the tortoise, now halfway along the course, he decided to have another snooze before flashing past the winning post. And smiling at the thought of the look on the tortoise's face when it saw the hare speed by, he fell fast asleep and was soon snoring happily. The sun started to sink, below the horizon, and the tortoise, who had been plodding towards the winning post since morning, was scarcely a yard from the finish.

At that very point, the hare woke with a jolt. He could see the tortoise a speck in the distance and away he dashed. He leapt and bounded at a great rate, his tongue lolling, and gasping for breath. Just a little more and he'd be first at the finish. But the hare's last leap was just too late, for the tortoise had beaten him to the winning post. Poor hare! Tired and in disgrace, he slumped down beside the tortoise who was silently smiling at him.

"Slow and steady does it every time!" he said.
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i know this is by no means a new concept, but i wanted to try my own take on it.
hope you like it anyway!!

=) just a detail, to be correct it should be written "Le lièvre et la tortue" not "Lièvre et la tortue" :)

awesome, surprised it was declined since it wraps around the shirt. one of mine was an I ahd to resubmit. awesome work tho! $$

ohhhh yes, this is magnificent. :)

awesome!

Great! 5!

neato!

Awesome! $5 (alexmdc, I believe this wrap works because it's a lot shorter, so they can just turn the frame sideways)

diggin those suits!

=) just a detail, to be correct it should be written "Le lièvre et la tortue" not "Lièvre et la tortue" :)

haha oops, my french is clearly not that good :)

thanks everyone

J'adore "Le lievre et la tortue"

Really love the style of this, superb illustration! 5$

Your style = $5

cool like pie

Rad!!!!!!!!!

Great !

The insane alien and evil look of both competitors really takes this to another fairytale than the usual tortoise vs hare submission. Great placement idea as well!

with the long coats it makes me think of churchill vs. stalin lol.
like this lots though.
glad it got approved.

great!

thanks all

Sweet!!

Very unique take on this. Love the characters and distinctive style. $5

SWEET - 5$

Great concept, style, flow, and placement.

Om nom nom nom $5

Nice work Blake!

I see you trying to seduce me with your French. Well it's working.
That and your skillz.
$5

Well if that's not a print. I don't know what's wrong with threadle$$...

Great work!!

love the weirdness and the placement! $5

well done!!

$5!

this is wonderful! I love your style. 5

awesome!

WANT!! $

meh

How many tortoise vs hare submissions must there be?

thanks everyone

Elissa_S on Dec 12 '08
How many tortoise vs hare submissions must there be?

i am aware, i mentioned it in my opening statement
print or not, i really enjoy subbing my artwork here and getting better. its always nice to get feedback :)

Amazing.
:D

Better As A Print. Good Job

Love your style, and I would gladly wear this as a shirt!

Deserves a much better score.

underscored!