The Wind and The Sun!
One
afternoon the Wind and the Sun were having an argument,
about who was stronger.
“I
have 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 are more powerful”, said he.
“I
can cover you with clouds so that no one can see you.
You can’t do it to me,’ said the Wind.
But
the Sun just smiled warmly.
I
still think. “I am 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 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 numbers 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 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 shiver in the trees. 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 is 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 his 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.
“You
don’t have to knock the man down to take his shawl off”, said the Sun with the teasing
smile.
They
laughed together and watched the man walking down the road, again whistling
happily to himself.
Գրիր տեքստում ընդգծված բառերի թարգմանությունները
Argument-վեճ
Uprooted-արմատախիլ անել
Shrugged-ուսերը շարժել
Cover-ծածկել
smiled warmly-տաք ժպտաց
said calmly-ասաց հանգիստ ձևով
suggested-առաջարկեց
strength-ուժ
huffed and puffed- շունչը կտրվել
wrapped his shawl tightly around himself-փաթաթեց շառֆը ավելի ուժ
shelter-ծածկ
drifted away-գնացին հեռու
yawned lazily-ալարկոտ հորանջեց
wiped his sweat - մաքրեց
իր քրտինքը
shawl –թիկնոց
cheerfully-ուրախ
rustle-սուլել
teasing smile-ծաղրող ժպիտ
whistling happily – երջանիկ սուլելով
Answer the questionsց
1. What were The Wind and the Sun talking
about?
The Wind and the
Sun were talking about who was stronger.
2. What did the Wind say?
The Wind said
that he was stronger because he could uproot trees and drown ships.
3. What can he cover with?
The Wind can
cover the Sun with clouds.
4. Was
the Sun angry?
No, the Sun was
not angry.
5. Did they have a test, and what test it
was?
They had a test, who
can take off the man’s shawl.
6. Did the Wind suggest, and what did it do
after that?
The Wind suggested to see
who can knock down the most number of houses.
7. Who was walking down a road?
A man was walking down
a road.
8. Say what the Wind did to show his
strength?
He started to blow
strongly.
9. What did the man do, when thunderclouds
appeared in the
sky?
The man wrapped
his shawl tighter, when thunderclouds appeared in the sky.
10.
What
did the Sun do?
The Sun stretched
his rays and became brighter and bigger.
11.
Who
won the test?
The Sun won the
test, because it was hot, and the man took off his shawl.
12.
What
did the man say about the weather?
The man said that
it was strange weather.
13.
What
did they do after all?
They laughed
together and watched the man walking down the road.
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