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Up on the hills of Hillsensky, there lived a hare and a tortoise.

Henry the Hare spend his night and day running, jumping, racing, and hopping around the meadows of fresh, yellow daisies spreading across the hills and skies.

Indeed, Henry is a fast and steadfast hare, spinning around from here and there as fast as the world go round and about.

Totto the tortoise, however, spend her days under her shell, rarely sees the sun shining brightly across the hills and skies. But every night, every single night, she dives into the pond by the yellow daisies, deep in the woods, grasses upon grasses she go on to dive and swim on the depths of waters.

Above these long and slow nights of swimming, the moon is shining brightly, and the moving, moon-lit waters dance all night like shining diamonds among the yellow daisies of Hillsensky.

One beautiful day, Henry fell down among the stalks of yellow daisies he stepped over, and dropped himself onto Totto's resting shell.

"Sorry there, mate! It's a beautiful day anyway, why don't you come outside?"

"I am scared of the hills, they're bigger and heavier than my own hill that i have to carry all my life. Even more so, there are winds blowing on my face. I'm scared..."

"You old hag... come with me!"

And so they come here and there, go hither and thither, round and about as long as the Earth is round and about. The hare was exhausted of the darkness in time, asking himself, "Why does time fly?"

The tortoise, however, felt indifferent. She stays slow, steady, and keep on going from hills to hills, her heart endured for as long as the horizons ahead extending the boundless skies. She remains calm, just like when she does deep in the waters. But hey, it wasn't a bad day spent with Henry,, she thought.

And so after they bid goodbyes at the end of the day, the tortoise decided to move towards the valley beyond this deep, dark forest to try going out there and diving into the lake.

The lake is deeper, but the lake is also wider. It's wildly vast in colors and shapes, whereas the deeper she goes the less things there are. So she moves forward. and she couldn't stop. There seems to be no borders around the lake.

Henry, on the other hand, spent his next day going slower, and he blame the tortoise for slowing him down. Time stood still. It seemed like his world has stopped spinning as he walk across the valleys and the skies.

100 years later...

Totto the tortoise is still swimming, and has found lots of fellow tortoises along the way.

Whatever happened to Henry the hare then? Totto thought. She wanted to thank him for spending his day 100 years ago, because that time alone is a moment in history that changed her entire life.

That night, Totto looks up at the full moon, and for an instant, she saw Henry's getting reading to run on the Moon.

"Good night, Henry!" Totto looks up and smiled.



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