Who is stronger, the blazing Sun or the proud Wind?
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The Wind and the Sun
A Santali Folktale
One afternoon,
the Wind and the Sun
were having an argument
about who was stronger.
"I've uprooted huge trees
and drowned millions of ships.
You can't do
either of those things,"
said the Wind proudly.
The Sun smiled
and shrugged.
"That doesn't mean
you're more powerful,"
he said.
"I can cover you
with clouds
so that no one
can see you!
You can't do that
to me,"
said the Wind.
But the Sun
just smiled warmly.
"I still think
I'm stronger than you,"
he said calmly.
The Wind
began to grumble.
He didn't like
the idea
of the Sun being
stronger than him.
"Why don't we have a test?"
the Wind
finally suggested.
He whipped around,
looking for something
to show off his strength.
"Shall we see
who can knock down
the most number of houses?"
he asked.
"Let's keep it simple.
See that man over there?"
asked the Sun.
The Wind looked down
and saw a man
walking down a road.
He was whistling happily
to himself
and had a shawl
thrown across
his shoulders.
"Shall we see
who can force him
off the road first?"
the Wind asked.
"No,
that will only
hurt him,”
the Sun replied.
“Let's just see
who can take
his shawl off.”
The Wind shrugged
and whipped
around the sky.
He huffed and puffed
and made the leaves
in the trees
shiver.
The man frowned
at the sky
and wrapped
his shawl tightly
around himself.
Thunderclouds
appeared in the sky.
Animals began running
for shelter
and the Wind
began to roar.
The man
wrapped his shawl
even tighter.
Soon
the thunderclouds
drifted away.
The Wind
had blown himself out.
"I give up.
I can't do it,"
panted the Wind.
He curled up
on top of a cloud
to catch his breath.
"Now it's my turn,"
said the Sun.
He yawned lazily
and stretched his rays.
He seemed to grow
brighter and bigger
in the sky.
Soon it was
as hot
as a summer day.
The man looked up
at the sky
and wiped the sweat
off his forehead.
"What strange weather
we're having today!"
he said to himself.
Then
he took his shawl off
and tucked it
under his arm.
"Looks like you win,"
the Wind agreed
cheerfully.
He clapped his hands
and made the leaves
on the trees rustle.
on the trees rustle.
knock a man down
to take his shawl off,"
said the Sun
with a teasing smile.
They laughed together
walking down the road,
again whistling happily to himself.
Narration: Hella-Maria Vierus
Translation: Aditi Das & Hella-Maria Vierus
Illustrations: Emanuelle Scanziani
Music & Art Direction: Ladislav Brozman & Riccardo Carlotto
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