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RosieG

A simple child's story with a lesson embedded therein. Do you have a favorite? Which and why?

I remember one about a contest between the Sun and the Wind. They made a bet to see which of them could cause a man's coat to be removed. First the wind tried very hard to blow it off. Colder and colder and stronger and stronger became the wind and tighter and tighter the man held his coat closed. Nothing the wind did  mattered. It gave up. It was the sun's turn. All it did was just come out quietly. The man removed his coat. Lesson of course is that you don't have to be a cold persistent blowhard to get people's attention. A sunny smile, a kind hello and you're good to go.

Posted - November 26, 2017
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  • 6988
    I like The Ugly Duckling.  I am The Ugly Duckling.
      November 26, 2017 6:46 AM MST
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  • 113301
    Oh. When you were younger you were not your most handsome self? You know Jim and I met late in life. He was almost 62 and I was almost 60. I have seen pictures of him when he was in his 20's. I don't think I would have looked twice at him. He is so much better looking now. Men tend to get better looking as they get older. Why I don't know. Women aren't so lucky. Thank you for your reply!  :)
      November 26, 2017 6:50 AM MST
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  • 6098
    Please no.  My mother used to read that to me all the time when I was 11 or 12.  Except I never became the beautiful swan I was supposed to (and that she was) so I was a disappointment.  For which she blamed both me and herself. 
      November 26, 2017 7:10 AM MST
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  • 22891
    no, i dont have a favorite
      November 26, 2017 2:55 PM MST
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  • 23659

    "Sam, Bangs and Moonshine"

    ~ it was the first children's picture book I read as a child that I felt was really a serious tale and the book treated me with respect as a person who could think and reason. (I truly remembering thinking these things as a child when I would read that book. I still like it for that reason.)
      November 29, 2017 8:55 PM MST
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