The Sun and the Wind
The Wind and
the Sun once had a quarrel. The wind
boasted that he was much stronger than the Sun.
He said to the sun, “I’ll show you I’m a lot stronger than you. See that old man over there with a big coat
on? I bet I can make him take his coat
off quicker than you can.”
“All right,
we’ll see,” said the Sun. So the Sun
went behind a cloud but left a little hole so he could peep through and see
what the Wind did. The Wind blew and
blew as hard as he could causing a terrible storm, but the harder he blew, the
tighter the old man wrapped his coat about him.
Sometimes, it seemed that the coat would blow right off the old man, and
sometimes it seemed the old man would topple over. In the end, the poor old
Wind had to give up trying, and the sky became calm again.
Then it was
the Sun’s turn. He came out from behind the cloud and smiled with sunshine at
the old man. The sky began to brighten
and birds had taken cover from the wind came out and chirped sweetly at the old
man. After a while, the old man began to
smile and said, “What a remarkable day this has become.” Soon he pulled off his coat to enjoy the day.
AESOP
Lesson: Brotherly kindness and love not anger and
force are perhaps the best ways to help other people do what you’d like them to
do.
Reading: Leviticus 19:18 NIV
Minnie L Douglas (publisher)
