<< SS” ae 66 MILDNESS. Wind ; “but it is not just. Do I not blow the shipS across the sea, turn windmills, drive the clouds across the heavens, get up squalls and thundergusts, and topple down steeples and houses with hurricanes ?” Thus the two disputed} when, at last, a traveller was seen coming along ; and they agreed each to give a specimen of what he could do, and let the traveller decide between ‘them. So the Wind began, and it blew lustily. It nearly took away the traveller’s hat and cloak, and very much impeded his progress + but he resisted stoutly. The Wind having tried its best, then came the Sun’s turn. So he shone down with his summer beams, and the traveller found himself so hot that he took off his hat and cloak, and almost fainted ; he soon decided that the Sun had more power than the Wind. Thus our fable shows that the gentle rays of the Sun were more potent than the tem- pest ; and we generally find in life that mild means are more effective, in the accomplish- ment of any object, than violencee hop en <¢~