1. Animal characteristics.
In my country we associate any animals with the same adjectives, for exemple:
brave – lion
free – bird
quiet – mouse
sly – fox
strong – ox
stubborn – mule
And there are other animals associted with particular adjectives:
“as quickly as a hare”
“as slow as a turtle”
“as tall as a giraffe”
“more vain than a peacock”
2 - Write a moral.
I supose that the moral of the story "The Eagle and the Tortoise" can be that if you don´t help and to look after your friends, finally you will lost them”