The pen is mightier than the sward / Kai

 

 

You may have heard the saying, "The pen is mightier than the sward."

This next story gives us a good lesson about those words.

 

The North Wind and the Sun were both sitting on top of a mountain.

The North Wind boasted to the Sun that he was much stronger.

But the Sun said he was stronger. He said he would prove it.

So they decided to have contest. 

 

The Sun thought and thought, but could not think of how to prove his power.

At that moment, a traveler was walking near the mountain.

The traveler was a strong man wearing a large black cloak.

The sun saw traveler and an idea came to mind.

 

The challenge was to see who could get the man to take his cloak off first.

Whoever succeeded would be recognized as the stronger one.

The North Wind agreed to the Sun's challenge.

 

The North Wind decided to go first.

He took a deep breath. Then, He blew as hard as he could.

The traveler took a step backwards.

The North Wind kept blowing chilly winds.

The traveler pulled his cloak more tightly around him.

 

It was the Sun's turn. The Sun shined as bright and as hot as he could.

The temperature rose. The traveler got hotter and hotter.

He began sweating and wiping his face.

Finally, the traveler got too hot. He took off his cloak.

The Sun smiled. The North Wind glared angrily.

 

The North Wind was angry. He did not understand how the Sun won.

The Sun explained to him that

sometimes strength is not the most important thing.

Sometimes you can get people to do

what you want by other ways than force.

The North Wind agreed that the Sun was right.