

The animals of the forest thought it was very strange that tropical fruit should want to race a very fast animal.



"The pineapple has some trick up its sleeve," a moose said.



Pineapples don't have sleeves, an owl said



"Well, you know what I mean," the moose said. "If a pineapple challenges a hare to a race, it must be that the pineapple knows some secret trick that will allow it to win."



"The pineapple probably expects us to root for the hare and then look like fools when it loses," said a crow. "Then the pineapple will win the race because the hare is overconfident and takes a nap, or gets lost, or something."



The animals agreed that this made sense. There was no reason a pineapple should challenge a hare unless it had a clever plan of some sort. So the animals, wanting to back a winner, all cheered for the pineapple.



When the race began, the hare sprinted forward and was out of sight in less than a minute. The pineapple just sat there, never moving an inch.



The animals crowded around watching to see how the pineapple was going to cleverly beat the hare. Two hours later when the hare cross the finish line, the pineapple was still sitting still and hadn't moved an inch.