Slow & Steady Tortoise vs. Hot-Headed Hare - Boston's Pink Granite Tragedy

Slow & Steady Tortoise vs. Hot-Headed Hare - Boston's Pink Granite Tragedy

In Boston's Copley Square, a granite testament to Aesop's dark comedy: a snail's pace versus a hare's sprint.

In 1994, Nancy Schön carved a monument in Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It depicted a grim homage to Aesop's Fable, a tale that pitted a patient, unflappable tortoise against a fleet-footed, rash hare. The statue, resembling a chilling reminder of the fable, celebrates slow and steady over quick and reckless. Erected in the heart of Boston, it arrives as a sobering statue of Aesop's morbid joke.

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Written by Leroy

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