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Yellow Bus and Red Car

·2 mins

Once upon a time, there was a Yellow Bus. Yellow Bus was very fast, but there was a Red Car who was even faster. One day, Red Car challenged Yellow Bus to a race.

They decided to race from Dallas to Houston. It was the longest race ever! All the cars gathered along the highway.

The referee said, “1… 2… 3… Go!”

Yellow Bus went zoom zoom. But Red Car went zoom zoom zooooom! Red Car was faster, and Red Car was winning.

After a while, Red Car looked in its rearview mirror and didn’t see Yellow Bus at all. But Red Car’s engine was overheating, and it was running low on gas. Up ahead was a gas station.

Red Car decided to pull in to refill its gas and cool its engine down in the shade. And while it was resting in the shade… it fell asleep.

Yellow Bus, however, didn’t stop. It kept going and going and going, until it crossed the finish line.

When Red Car woke up, it realized it had slept for too long! It raced to the finish line, but Yellow Bus had already won.

Red Car was surprised. “How did you never take a break?” it asked.

“I went fast,” said Yellow Bus, “but not too fast.”

They both laughed, and then they went to eat ice cream.

Moral of the story: go fast, but not too fast.

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