The Short, Nifty Tale of the Fox and the Snail

Did you ever hear the harrowing children’s tale,
Of the quick running fox who lost a race with a snail?
The mollusc had clung to the quick fox’s shoe
As he tripped and he fell and rolled over and flew.

The snail still held on for as long as he could
As the quick clumsy fox hit the floor with a thud.
The snail hit the air at significant pace,
Flew over the line and he finished the race.

‘What?’ Said the fox, as he pulled up his socks,
And brushed all the grass from his short ginger locks.
The snail answered ‘T’was merely physics, my friend.’
‘A slow, steady pace will prevail in the end.’