The Wind And The Sun

The Wind and the Sun disagree.

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The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: “I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin.” So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as he could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.

Moral: Persuasion is better than force.

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Wordchecker

• dispute (verb): to argue (also noun)
• cloak (noun): a loose coat-like covering, usually sleeveless
• retire (verb): to withdraw
• despair (noun): with no hope
• glory (noun): magnificence, great beauty; great honour after an achievement
• persuasion (noun): causing someone to do something through reasoning or without force

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The Wind And The Sun is one of the famous Aesop’s Fables. A “fable” is a short story, typically with animals as characters, telling a moral or lesson.

Read by Tara Benwell.