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The Race Between the Turtle and the Antelope · African Jungle Tales

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  Section twenty eight of African Jungle Tales by Carl Bender. This LibriVox recording is
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  in the public domain. The race between the turtle and the antelope. The
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  antelope one day saw the turtle coming along, and he taunted him and said,
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  I always thought that I was a fast runner, but you certainly beat
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  me. I'll take you for a race, said the turtle. All right,
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  it's a go, retorted the antelope, and they agreed to run a
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  race together, beginning at a given point on the sea shore, to the
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  peak of the Great Cameroon's Mountain. Then the turtle went and called the members
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  of his clan together and said, the antelope and I are going to run
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  a race to the peak of the Great Cameroon's Mountain. Now you go and
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  hide yourself along the way. When you hear the antelope coming, you quickly
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  step out on the path ahead of him and cry, don't be in such
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  a hurry. I am here too. The relatives of the turtle did as
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  they were told. On the day when the race was to come off,
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  they started at the appointed time and place. The antelope started, and the
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  turtle followed close behind. The antelope ran for all he was worth, without
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  looking back or noticing the turtles that were waiting for him. All along the
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  way. He kept on running until he was too tired to go any farther.
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  But just as he wanted to rest, he saw the turtle ahead of
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  him, who, on seeing him, cried, don't be in such a
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  hurry, I am here too. Then the antelope started to run again.
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  After a while, when he made another attempt to rest, he again saw
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  the turtle ahead of him, crying. As before, the same thing happened
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  over and over again. The antelope, all the while, thought that it
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  was the same turtle all along the way. He kept on running until at
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  last he dropped over from exhaustion and died. Then the turtle took the horns
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  of the antelope, brought them in triumph to the assembly of the animals,
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  and cried, I won the race. I won the race. Authors know
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  Wouquini. End of section twenty eight read by Lord Gibbs