Overview
Aesop the Owl narrates and then continues the story of the famous race
in this very up-to-date adaptation. The original tortoise and hare have
children. Tommy Tortoise grows up as the child of a celebrity, and
Harriet Hare grows up the child of an outcast; and strangely, these
children are united in friendship by the way fate has shaped their
lives. But other forest creatures are not happy with the outcome of the
original race their parents ran. Tommy and Harriet are eventually turned
against each other and coerced into running their parents' old race
over again, encountering a highway full of singing automobiles, a flood
and worst of all: two human children. Songs include "Take It Slow," "Do
It Now," "Winners and Losers," and "The Raspberry Song."