The wind and the sun were disputing¹ who was the stronger.  

　　Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road. The sun said, "Whoever can make the traveler take off his coat will be the stronger."

　　So the sun hid behind a cloud, and the wind began to blow as hard as it could. As the wind blew harder, the traveler wrapped his coat more closely² around himself.

　　Then the sun came out. He shone on the traveler. The traveler soon felt quite hot, and took off his coat.





　　风和太阳两方为谁的能量大相互争论不休。

　　突然，他们看到一个行人走在路上，太阳说：“谁能使行人脱下衣服，谁就更强大。”

　　太阳藏在乌云后面，风开始拼命地吹，风刮得越猛烈，行人越是裹紧自己的衣服。

　　太阳出来了，暖暖地晒着行人，行人感到很热，很快就把外套脱了下来。

　　寓意: 劝说往往比强迫更为有效。

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