One variation of the Turtle vs. Rabbit story I've seen was aired on the PBS show, "Adventures from the Book of Virtues." A very quick rat challenged a slow-moving beetle to a race to the top of a mountain. The beetle accepted the race, and started to say (in her slow-paced voice) to the rat, "... but I-"
"No buts!" said the rat. "Are you in this race or not?"
Before the beetle could finish the head-nod, the rat was off. He paced himself so as not to burn all his energy too quickly, and he didn't nap. In a very short time indeed, he was at the top of the mountain.
The beetle was there, reposed. She had been waiting for some time.
"Huh? How? What? What happened?" the rat stammered in disbelief.
"Well," said the beetle, slowly, "if you would have let me finishing telling you ... I have wings."
A turtle and a beetle are very much the same. They move slow, and they have armoured shells. As a human being, though, you have a great deal of choice in your totemic animals.
Are you a turtle? Or are you a beetle?
