Remember Aesop's fable about the turtle andthe rabbit that had a race? The rabbit thought he could win easily, so he took a nap.

记得再龟兔赛跑这则伊索寓言吗?兔子以为他可以轻松取胜，于是他睡了一觉。

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Remember Aesop's fable about the turtle and the rabbit that had a race? The rabbit thought he could win easily, so he took a nap. But the turtle finally won because he did not give up.

记得再龟兔赛跑这则伊索寓言吗？兔子以为牠可以赢的很轻松，便睡了个午觉，但是乌龟再最后终因不放弃而赢了这场比赛。

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His flawed reaction to the damning doping revelations taught a valuable personal branding lesson: Never let your story become such a fable that the fall is so steep.

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The scope of "Thirst" keeps expanding with each story: Here Kalfus deftly executes a realistic depiction of the vacillations of a young husband contemplating adultery with his wife's close friend, there he's spinning a Borges-like fable about a tribe of refugees who have been on the road so long their nomadism has evolved into a culture of its own.

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