太陽和風(fēng)

One day the sun and the wind had a quarrel. The sun said he was stronger than the wind. And the wind said he was stronger than the sun. Just then they saw a man walking down below， with a hat and a coat on. The sun said:“Let's see who can make the man take off his hat and coat. If you can do that quicker than I， then you are the stronger.”

“All right，” said the wind， “I'll try first.”

So the wind began to blow. But the harder he blew， the tighter the man held his hat and coat. The wind could not make him take them off.

Then the sun tried. It shone quietly. Soon the man took off his hat and wiped his forehead. The sun began to shine a little brighter， and the man took off his coat. It shone harder still， and the man began to take off his shirt. Then the wind said to the sun:“ That's enough. You are stronger than I.”

有一天太陽和風(fēng)爭吵，太陽說它比風(fēng)強壯，風(fēng)說它比太陽強壯。這時它們看見有個人戴著帽子穿著大衣正從下面經(jīng)過。太陽說：“那就試試誰能在短時間內(nèi)讓那個人將帽子和大衣脫了，如果你能比我用的時間短，那你就比我強壯。”

“好的，”風(fēng)說：“我先來?！?/p>

風(fēng)開始使勁的吹，風(fēng)吹得越猛，那人把帽子和大衣夾得越緊。風(fēng)沒有辦法將那人的帽子和大衣吹掉。

然后太陽開始試，陽光靜靜的照著。不久那人將帽子摘了并擦他額頭上的汗。太陽開始照的更猛烈一點，那人便將自己的大衣脫了。太陽更猛烈地照著，那人開始脫自己的襯衣了。風(fēng)說：“夠了，你比我強壯?！?/p>

寓意: 勸說往往比強迫更為有效。