I think a how-to manual would be non-appropriate. Hope this helps
Answer:
The hare is very confident of winning, so it stops during the race and falls asleep. The tortoise continues to move very slowly but without stopping and finally it wins the race. The moral lesson of the story is that you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.
The answer which is true about phrases is that C. they can't stand alone because they are missing a subject, a verb, or both.
This is an example of a phrase:
having considered the problem carefully