The Hare and the Tortoise

One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ......... the short feet of the tortoise.
laughed
ridiculed
ridiculous
laughter

He also made ......... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
fun
joke
laugh
funny

The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ......... him in a race.
strike
hit
beat
knock

It was ......... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
consented
permitted
allowed
agreed

The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ......... pace all the time to the end of the race.
steadying
steadied
steady
steadily

The hare shot ahead and then decided to ......... down at the side of the path for a rest.
lay
lie
laid
lain

It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ......... sleep.
profound
steep
deep
full

When he woke up, he couldn't ......... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
understand
believe
comprehend
follow

At the end of the race the tortoise, ......... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
destroyed
excavated
exhausted
evacuated

The moral of this fable is: slow but ......... always wins the race in the end.
sure
evident
certain
definite