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The Wind And The Sun
By peace | June 9, 2006
One day, the Wind and the Sun were having an argument.
“I’m stronger than you!” said the Sun.
“No you’re not,” said the Wind. “I’m much stronger than you!”
As they argued, they saw a man wearing a red cloak, walking along the road.
“I propose a test,” said the Wind. “Whichever one of us can tear the cloak from the back of that man is the stronger.”
The Wind took the first turn. He blew so hard that leaves and branches were torn from trees. Clothes hung out to dry were blown off the line. Everyone
hurried indoors for shelter.
But the Wind could not take the cloak off the man. The man shivered and held tightly to his cloak.
“You have failed,” said the Sun. “And now it is my turn.”
The Sun shone. It was very warm. The man felt hot and thirsty. He stopped to drink a cup of water.
The Sun shone brighter and the man became hotter and hotter. He pulled off his boots. It was much too hot to wear them.
At last he came to a stream. He sat on the bank and dipped his feet in the cool water. But the Sun shone warmly on his back.
The man decided to lie down in the shade of a tree to rest. He took off his cloak and laid it across the grass.
“I have won,” said the Sun to the Wind.
“As you can see it is easier to influence people with gentleness than with force.”
Moral
Kindness effects more than severity.
Facts About The Sun
The Sun is the center of our local solar system and the most influential object in that solar system. The Sun, a ball of hot gases, influences how this solar system works and how each planet in this solar system functions. Below are several facts about the Sun and its influence on our solar system.
Earth’s Dependence on the Sun
We are able to survive on Earth due, in a large part, to the Sun. According to NASA, the Sun gives us heat, light, food, and the air we breathe. The Sun powers the atmosphere to give us wind and rain. The coal and oil that generate electricity for light and power come from plants and animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago and depended on the Sun for life.
The Sun provides heat for the land, oceans, and air. The Sun also evaporates water from lakes and oceans, which eventually causes rain and snow. This provides the moisture we need for drinking water and for plants to grow.
Statistics About the Sun
The Sun is made up of various gases. By weight, the Sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements. The Sun’s core temperature is 22.5 million degrees Fahrenheit (14 million degrees Celsius) and the surface temperature is 9,932 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius). The temperature of sunspots is about 7,232 degrees Fahrenheit (4,000 degrees Celsius).
A solar cycle is about eight to eleven years and the distance to the nearest star is about 4.3 light years away. The Sun is 4.5 billion years old and the diameter of the sun is about 870,000 miles (1.4 million km). Its rotation period at the equator is 25 Earth days while its rotation period at the poles is 35 Earth days.
Facts about the Sun in Relation to the Earth
The average distance from the Sun to the Earth is 93 million miles and it takes light eight and a half minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth. The diameter of the Sun is 109 times larger than the Earth’s and its volume is big enough to hold over a million Earths. The mass of the Sun is 330,000 times that of Earth.
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