北风和太阳一直争论不休，他们想证明谁的力量更大。
最后他们决定通过比赛来解决这个问题：谁能让路上的行人脱下衣服，谁就胜利了。
一开始，北风猛烈的刮起来，他以为这样就能把行人的衣服吹掉。
但是行人反而紧紧裹住了自己的衣服，北风见状更加用力的刮起来。
行人被风吹得冷得发抖，于是他们又加上更多的衣服。
北风刮了很久，最后精疲力尽，只好让位给太阳。
太阳开始轻轻的洒下温暖的阳光，行人感到暖和了，就把加上的衣服脱了下来。
然后太阳又把强烈的阳光射向大地，行人们热得汗流浃背，越来越受不了，最后都脱光了衣服，跳进旁边的河里去洗澡。
这个故事告诉我们，劝说往往比强迫更有效。
The North Wind and the Sun had been arguing for a long time. They wanted to prove who was stronger.
Finally, they decided to settle the matter through a competition: whoever could make the traveler on the road take off their clothes would win.
At first, the North Wind blew fiercely, thinking that he could blow the traveler's clothes off in this way.
But the traveler hugged his clothes tighter instead. Seeing this, the North Wind blew even harder.
The traveler was shivering from the cold wind, so he put on more clothes.
The North Wind blew for a long time and finally became exhausted. He had to give way to the Sun.
The Sun began to gently sprinkle warm sunlight. The traveler felt warm and took off the extra clothes.
Then the Sun shone intense sunlight on the earth. The travelers were sweating profusely and couldn't stand it anymore. In the end, they all took off their clothes and jumped into the river nearby to take a bath.
This story tells us that persuasion is often more effective than coercion.
