《风儿和太阳》The Wind and The Sun

THE WIND AND THE SUN

风儿和太阳

Once the Wind and the Sun had an argument.“I am stronger than you,”said the Wind.“No, you are not,”said the Sun.

有一次，风儿和太阳在争论。风儿说：“我比你强大。”太阳说：“不！我比你更强大。”

Just at that moment they saw a traveler walking across the road. She was wrapped in a shawl.

这个时候刚好有个游客正在过路。她披着一条披巾。

The Sun and the Wind agreed that whoever could separate the traveler from her shawl was stronger.

太阳和风儿同意如果谁能开把游客和披巾分开，谁就更强大。

The Wind took the first turn. He blew with all his might to tear the traveler’s shawl fromher shoulders. But the harder he blew, the tighter the traveler gripped the shawl to her body. The struggle went on till the Wind’s turn was over.

风儿先尝试，他用尽所有的力气从游客的肩膀上撕扯着她的披巾，但是它吹得越猛，游客更加紧紧地往身上拽住披巾。风儿苦苦挣扎直到时间用完了。

Now it was the Sun’s turn. The Sun smiled warmly. The traveler felt the warmth of the smiling Sun. Soon he let the shawl fall open. The Sun’s smile grew warmer and warmer... hotter and hotter. Now the traveler no longer needed her shawl. She took it off and dropped it on the ground. The Sun was declared stronger than the Wind.

现在轮到太阳了。太阳露出温暖的微笑。游客感受到了来自微笑的太阳的温暖。很快，游客解开她自己的披巾。太阳的微笑越来越温暖，越来越炽热。这时游客不再需要披巾了。她取下披巾并放到了地上。这个时候太阳宣布他比风儿更强大了。