Children and parents go on a playful carnival ride complete with a bandwagon of animal friends that will have audiences bouncing, clapping and singing along to the catchy tunes at the Center for Puppetry Arts presents five timeless tales of fun and friendship in “The Tortoise, the Hare, and Other Aesop’s Fables.” The presentation will be in the Downstairs Theater and runs from Aug. 13 to Sept. 20 at the Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta. Featured are some of Aesop’s most famous fables including: “The Lion and the Mouse,” “The City Mouse and the Country Mouse,” “The Fox and the Crane,” “The Ant and the Grasshopper” and “The Tortoise and the Hare.”