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S e c r e t s
We are all familiar with Aesop’s fable where the brash,
overconfident hare loses to the slow and steady tortoise. In this box
figurine, carver David Lawrence depicts the hare lounging atop the
tortoise. Is the hare really that nervy, or have the two racers decided
that friendship outpaces competition? Interestingly, in certain cultures
such as the Cherokee, Zambian and Korean, the tortoise is depicted as a
sly and cunning trickster. Regardless of the personalities, all of these
fables are meant to teach us humans important life lessons. The clock,
carved into the interior, reminds us that we’d better get wise sooner than
later. 131 carved into the lid lip signifies that this is carver David
Lawrence’s 131st HK box
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