What a reader is Asked to know:

About life

• What hare is, what a tortoise is.
• The concept of a race, winning and losing
• The side effects of over eating and direct exposure to the sun .
• What is breakfast and a cabbage field is.

About Language

• How to read the text as the author intended.
• The usage of literary devices such as metaphors in the language of the text and the personification of the characters in the tale.

About Literature 

• What a fable is
• The literary text is designed to serve as a frame of reference to teach readers on a moral and logical lesson of the tale.
• The unlikely outcome of a tortoise communicating and participating in a race with a hare.

What a Reader is Asked to Do

• Possess the factual and cultural knowledge and a body of knowledge of literature required to thoroughly enjoy the text.
• Understand that text is a fable is and that it serves as teaching point of a moral and logical lesson.
• To perceive the experience behind the fallacy and triumphs of the characters then relate to their actions in sorts of creating an emotional or mental attachment to the tale itself.

The Implied Reader

The implied reader for this text would be anyone unaware of the pit falls of hubris and arrogant acts. Since this body of text is a fable and its purpose is to be used as a frame of reference for moral teaching guidelines. The personification of the characters as a hare and tortoise creates a fictitious background for the story. Making the fable, a fantasy realm structured for the enjoyment of readers with creative minds and  inexperienced hearts ready to absorb the lesson of the tale. Perfect for such implied readers such as children whose minds are like sponges ready to absorb all that this tale has to offer. The fable would be more likely become a mental or emotional attachment point to a child on the start of their journey to a cognitive state of mind.