The WIND AND THE SUN

The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the 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 it 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.

Kindness effects more than severity.

disputing	discutiendo
a way	una manera
take off	quitarse
cloak	capa
regarded	considerado
blow	soplar
as hard as it could	tan fuerte como pudo
the harder he blew	cuanto más fuerte soplaba
closely	fuertemente, estrechamente
wrap	envolver
give up	abandonar
in despair	desesperado
shone	brilló
kindness	bondad, amabilidad
effects	efectuar, tener efecto