The Hare

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Kermit interviews the Hare

Template:Am The Hare (or "The Rabbit" as he's sometimes known to sports fans; or "Jumpin' Jack Rabbit" as others call him) is one of the protagonists of the Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare".

The Hare appeared with Kermit and the Tortoise in a Sesame Street Sports sketch (a precursor to the Sesame Street News Flash sketches) in Sesame Street Season 3. When the race began, the hare dawdled, believing that since the tortoise is so slow that he would have time to win. But he soon lost when Kermit rushed to the finish line to be able to catch the results and is inadvertently crowned the winner.

The Hare re-appeared later in another Sesame Street News Flash sketch titled, with a mop of hair and slightly altered design. This time, the Hare challenged the Tortoise to a rematch, but the Tortoise comes equipped with a jet-pack.

Book appearances

The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)