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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise．At the end I said, “Son, remember： Slow and steady wins the race．Don't you think there's something to
learn from the tortoise? ” He opened his eyes wide．“Do you mean next time when I'm entering the 60-metre race I should wish Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway? ”
I was surprised．“But the tortoise didn't wish the hare would fall asleep．”
“He must have wished that, ” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did．”
“He didn't have such a wish．” I insisted．“He won the race by perseverance(毅力), by pushing on steadily．”
Sonny thought for a while．“That's a lie, ” he said．“He won the race because he was lucky．If the hare hadn't happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race．He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race! That's for sure．”
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