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I think I found the funniest version of "The tortoise and the hare" tale type just now 😄 From Japan.

It is about a centipede and a slug running a race to a shrine. Obviously the centipede gets there first, but when the slug arrives, centipede is still taking his sandals off, so slug enters the shrine first.

😆

#FolktaleMoment #folklore #folktales
#folklore #folktales #folktalemoment
coldclimate
well that is delightful, thank you
Den of Earth
Related, I was totally cheering for this guy
during the track and field events
Italian runner named "Tortu" which is the French word for tortoise
kechpaja
I feel like this is a good lesson for tech people to internalize.
Sue Archer
There is also a joke about the time the insects played the birds at football. The insects were losing 3-0 at half time, but then in the 2nd half, they substituted a centipede (Yes, I know, not an insect, but anyway...) who was amazing and they ended up winning 74 -3. The captain of the birds asked why they didn't play the centipede from the start, and the captain of the insects said "Oh it takes him all of the first half to get his boots on...."
Sci-Fi Girl
I love it! 💖
Sarah E Bourne
I love this. Thanks for the laugh!
erinaceus
There is a German fairy tale about a race between a hare and a hedgehog. In this story, the hedgehog's (identical-looking) wife waits at the finish line and claims “I'm already here”. The hare then wants to do the race again and again until he dies from exhaustion.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
whoa that is the most German ending
erinaceus
I don't get why everyone thinks that these kind of endings are specific to Germany. They are specific to _fairy tales_. If you look at other European fairy tales it's the same. They only became less bloody in Disney adaptions. Also: Shakespeare's plays: more often than not everyone's dead in the end. Ancient Greek tragedies? Same. Violence sells. It's been that way thousands of years ago and it's still this way today.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
oh I know :) Hungarian tales are pretty brutal too.
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
to clarify, I was commenting more on the deadpanness of the brutality than the brutality itself :D
erinaceus
Oh, I think that's just me.
Shadow06
Hilarious
Ramesh #NotGoingBack
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>> It is about a centipede and a slug running a race to a shrine. Obviously the centipede gets there first, but when the slug arrives, centipede is still taking his sandals off, so slug enters the shrine first.

Amazing fable!

From the comments, it is obvious everybody gets the joke about number of feet.

Also, in the German version, of putting shoes ON in the first half of the race.

But fewer people in the West get the need for taking shoes OFF before entering a shrine
@Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
I love it that this is somehow one of my most popular toots ever :D Go slug and centipede
Stoneface Vimes
it shows how those tales we attribute to æsop can also be pretty much universal. People, no matter where they come from, often exhibit the same drives and fascinations.
Vortec Space
How it feels to deal with parking lots in a car-only city
Martin Melcher
I must use this for my annual family quiz next easter! Thank you very much.
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