The Tortoise and the Hare — Steady Wins

Haiga says

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In a meadow full of wildflowers lived a speedy hare named Veera and a steady tortoise named Timmayya. Veera loved to boast. "I am the fastest in the whole meadow!" he would say, zooming past everyone.

Theme · Slow and steady wins the race.

Source · Traditional Telugu children's / moral tales (Pillalakathalu / Chinni Kathalu / Baala Neeti tradition) · WonderPages soft retelling for ages 6–8. Traditional public-domain plot; not a verbatim OCR dump from DLI scans.