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The wind and the sun




fēng
hé
tài
yáng
liǎng
fāng
wèi
shuí
de
néng
liáng
dà
xiāng
hù
zhēng
lùn
bù
xīu


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

tū
rán

tā
men
kàn
dào

gè
xíng
rén
zǒu
zài
lù
shàng

tài
yáng
shuō


shuí
néng
shǐ
使
xíng
rén
tuō
xià

fú

shuí
jìu
gèng
qiáng
dà



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."

tài
yáng
cáng
zài
wū
yún
hòu
miàn

fēng
kāi
shǐ
pīn
mìng
dè
chuī

fēng
guā
dé
yuè
měng
liè

xíng
rén
yuè
shì
guǒ
jǐn


de

fú


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 closely around himself.

tài
yáng
chū
lái
le

nuǎn
nuǎn
dè
shài
zhāo
xíng
rén

xíng
rén
gǎn
dào
hěn
rè

hěn
kuài
jìu
bǎ
wài
tào
tuō
le
xià
lái


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

yù

quàn
shuō
wǎng
wǎng

qiáng
pò
gèng
wèi
yǒu
xiào


Explaination: Persuasion is more effective than force.

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