Hare and the Turtle

One of my favorites fables because I think of myself as a turtle, slow and steady and some how winning the race. The turtle in eastern countries in their ancient myths hold up the four directions of this earth. P'ngue, the first dragon of China stood on turtle and told all that the humans would need. Turtle gave P'ngue stories to us. The coastal Indians of American have a story for the 13 section on turtle's back to 13 moons for the year.

When I was a child in Colorado, turtle still wa...