Write a short narrative about a time when being slow and steady really pays off. Be sure that your response includes all the elements of a strong narrative, including a well-developed plot, conflict, and interesting character
Write a short narrative about a time when being slow and steady really pays off. Be sure that your response includes all the elements of a strong narrative, including a well-developed plot, conflict, and interesting character
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Two cyclists set out on a hilly race. One of them sprints off, going up the first hill as fast as he can. The other cyclist sets off at a steady pace and watches as the other racer disappears over the crest of the first hill.
The slower cyclist carries on, stopping for a coffee and a cake, along the way to top up his energy before setting off again with freshly filled water bottles from the café.
A short while later he's happily pedalling up the final hill when he sees a coughing, sweating wreck of a cyclist lying by the side of the road just a few feet from the finish line.
"Whatever happened to you?" the slow cyclists asks.
Through his wheezing, the faster cyclist explains how he exhausted himself, heading off too quickly. His water bottles are empty leaving him too thirsty to swallow, his stomach rumbling with hunger.
The slow cyclist kindly handed the sweating heap at the roadside a full water bottle and a piece of cake from his jersey he had been saving for later and slowly continued on, lungs full of air, to the finish to collect his first prize.