Brooke Panico's white rabbit edges the Turtle Singers' Big Bart in a rematch of the famous race from Aesop's Fables on Saturday, Nov. 14, during Ocean City's Quiet Festival. Photo by Jerry Lukas
A not-so-well-read rabbit bucked Aesop on Saturday.
In a revisitation of the famous fable, Big Bart, the prize-winning tortoise of the Turtle Singers, challenged Brook Panico's white rabbit to a race during Ocean City's Quiet Festival.
The annual November event in Ocean City pays tribute to all things soothing, serene and silent — like turtles and rabbits.
But in a surprise twist, as the crowd at the Ocean City Community Center cheered, Panico urged on her pet, and Big Bart was defeated "by a hair."
