Once the sun and the wind were quarreling over who was the stronger of the two. Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road.
"I see a way to decide our dispute", said the sun. "Whichever of us can make that man take off his coat shall be the stronger. You begin."
The wind was boastful. He began to blow an icy blast as hard as he could. But the harder he blew the more closely did the man pull his coat around him. At last the wind had to give up his hope.
Then it was the turn of the sun. He came out and shone in all his glory upon the man. The man felt the heat. He found it too hot to walk with the coat on. He put off his coat. The sun won the test.
"I see a way to decide our dispute", said the sun. "Whichever of us can make that man take off his coat shall be the stronger. You begin."
The wind was boastful. He began to blow an icy blast as hard as he could. But the harder he blew the more closely did the man pull his coat around him. At last the wind had to give up his hope.
Then it was the turn of the sun. He came out and shone in all his glory upon the man. The man felt the heat. He found it too hot to walk with the coat on. He put off his coat. The sun won the test.
Moral: PERSUASION IS BETTER THAN FORCE.