Exposition (Characters and Setting)

Rising Action (Events leading to conflict)

Conflict

(Struggle in the Story)

Falling Action (Events Resulting from Conflict)

Moral

(Lesson)

Characters:

Hare

Tortoise

Other Animals

Setting:

Racing Course

The Hare was boasting about never having been beaten in a race.

The Tortoise challenged the Hare to a race.

The overconfident Hare took a nap and missed the determined Tortoise passing him by and then winning.

“Plodding wins the race.”

This means that determination and perseverance makes you a winner in the end.