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Speaker 1: Did you know that there are three kinds of running

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Speaker 1: races short ones those are called sprints, longer ones like

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Speaker 1: a marathon, and races with hurdles that you jump over.

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Speaker 1: The shortest sprint can take only ten seconds to run,

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Speaker 1: well if you're a super fast sprinter like Ussein Bolt.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to LINGA. Listen, subscribe, or follow us so you

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Speaker 1: never miss one of our episodes. Today, we're going to

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Speaker 1: hear about a rabbit who thought he was the fastest.

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Speaker 1: His name was Ramon, and he bragged a lot. Actually,

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Speaker 1: Ramon was a hare, not a rabbit. Not like the

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Speaker 1: hair on your head. That word is spelled a different way.

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Speaker 1: This kind of hair is like a cousin to the rabbit,

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Speaker 1: but it has longer ears, it runs fast, and it's

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Speaker 1: a little more wild. One day, Ramone was hanging out

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Speaker 1: with his friend busy Bee at the bottom of a hill.

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Speaker 1: A dog ran by looking for his ball. Humh, he's

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Speaker 1: so slow. I'm much faster. I bet I could find

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Speaker 1: his ball too. Ragged, Ramon said the dog. He still

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Speaker 1: hadn't found his ball, and Ramone's words hurt his feelings.

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Speaker 1: Just then, a big eagle flew past. Busy Bee was

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Speaker 1: really impressed, but not Ramon. I bet if I had wings,

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Speaker 1: even little wings like yours, he said, I would be

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Speaker 1: the fastest flyer in the sky. Busy Bee asked, being

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Speaker 1: fast really the best thing in the world. Yes? No.

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Speaker 1: Trixie the tortoise was nearby listening to the friends talking.

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Speaker 1: You know, I hear you bragging a lot, Ramone. Diusy

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Speaker 1: b is pretty patient with that, but I'm getting a

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Speaker 1: little tired of it. If I beat you in a race,

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Speaker 1: would you stop ragging so much? Sure, said Ramon. Busy

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Speaker 1: Bee and some other friends decided that Ramon and Trixie

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Speaker 1: would race up the hill down the other side, then

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Speaker 1: turn around and come back. The eagle agreed to keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on them from above, you know, with her

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Speaker 1: eagle eye, said busy Bee, and off they went. Ramon

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Speaker 1: hopped ahead all the while saying how easy it was

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Speaker 1: and how high he could hop, but Trixie didn't seem

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Speaker 1: to notice. Trixie took each step exactly the same, stoop stoop,

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Speaker 1: stoop stoop, and didn't get distracted, even when Ramone got

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Speaker 1: to the top of the hill and started cheering for himself.

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Speaker 1: I'm the king of the mountain. Wooo. The eagle swooped

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Speaker 1: by Ramon to remind him that the race wasn't over yet. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, I know. Ramone started hopping down the other

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Speaker 1: side and Tricksie she was still climbing up. She knew

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Speaker 1: the difference between a sprint where you go super fast

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Speaker 1: but not for very long, and a long distance race.

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Speaker 1: You have to save your energy in long races. Trixie

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Speaker 1: the tortoise was good at saving energy. After all, she

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Speaker 1: was ninety one years old and still going strong. Whoa.

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Speaker 1: Ramone went as fast as he could down the other

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Speaker 1: side of the hill and then turned around and started

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Speaker 1: hopping back up. Trixy hasn't even gotten down here yet.

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Speaker 1: I know I'm going to win, so there's no harm

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Speaker 1: in resting for a minute, right. Ramon lay down in

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Speaker 1: the grass and immediately fell asleep. By now, Trixie had

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Speaker 1: reached the bottom of the hill and was starting back up.

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Speaker 1: She walked no faster and no slower than before. Soon enough,

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Speaker 1: with Ramon still sleeping, guess what, Trixie crossed the finish line.

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Speaker 1: All the animals let out a big cheer. In fact,

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Speaker 1: they cheered so loudly that Ramone woke up. Ha ha

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Speaker 1: he stood up, ready to hop over the hill to victory,

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Speaker 1: but he soon realized what woke him. The animals were cheering,

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Speaker 1: but not for him. He hopped down and saw them

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Speaker 1: putting a necklace of flowers around Trixie's neck. Who did

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Speaker 1: you trick me? Tricksie? Hardly. There's no trick in hard work.

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Speaker 1: I just kept my mind to it. Stoop stoop, stoop stoop.

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Speaker 1: Never faster, never slower. Well, maybe a little faster at

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Speaker 1: the end since I was excited. Huh. I guess I'm

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Speaker 1: not the fastest, or maybe being fast isn't a big deal.

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Speaker 1: You sure taught me a lesson. Maybe I've hurt some

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Speaker 1: feelings with all my bragging. Well I'll brag no more,

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Speaker 1: but just for fun. What do you mean? Do you

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Speaker 1: want to try a sprint race sometime? Trixie? No, that's

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Speaker 1: not my style. We hope you liked the story. Lingo listeners,

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Speaker 1: remember sometimes it's best to take your time, unless you're

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Speaker 1: an Olympic sprinter, of course. Goodbye until next time.