Theme: Power of Kindness

The three mountain winds

Long ago, three winds lived on the peak of a very high mountain. The first was the Big-and-Furious Wind. He would blow like this:

- Uuuuuuuuuuuuu! ...

And the faster he moved, the stronger his breath was:

- Uoooooooooo-Eeeeeeeee! ... - like a siren.

He was a very important wind.

The second was a wind called Strong-and-Decided Wind. His breath was like this:

- Hooooooooooooooo ...

He was a very important wind too.

The third wind was the Hot-Day Wind. His breath was very weak. It was nice to hear him bang against the foliage:

- Vvvvvvvvvvv.

One day the three winds met and began talking on the mountaintop.

Big-and-Furious Wind said:

- Hooooooooouuuuuuuuummmmm, I'm very important! When people see me coming, they rush to pack everything they can so that I can't carry it; but it makes no difference. I do the biggest damage. Just see what will happen.

Big-and-Furious Wind took a deep breath. Strong-and-Decisive Wind and Hot-Day Wind moved away as quickly as possible. The sky hid his face. Then, a little bit at first, but growing and growing, Big-Furious Wind blew:

- Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! ... Ooooooooooooooooooo! ... Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

The mountain inhabitants rushed to keep what they could before entering the house, but it made little difference; everything went to the air. Big-and-Furious Wind knocked down the lampposts, tore off the poles, the big tree branches, and scattered them to the ground. He knocked over the fences and carried them far away.

When he was done, the mountain people went out to see what had happened. How much had been ruined and broken! So, they were very sad.

- See? - Shouted Big-and-Furious Wind - I'm very important, aren't I?

- Yes - said Strong-and-Decided Wind - but I don't think that's a way of being important. You are important to people who are afraid of you. But I am important because I am helpful. I can dry my clothes very quickly and I can make sailboats travel fast across the seas! See what happens when I blow!

Strong-and-Decided Wind took a breath and blew:

- Hooooooooooooo! ...

The clouds traveled fast across the sky. The children ran into the house to wrap up. The wet clothes dried quickly. And the sailboats in the sea at the base of the mountain lifted the sails and went out fast, cutting the waves.

- See? - Said the Strong-and-Decided Wind - I'm really very important and much more useful than you. Isn't that true, Hot-Day Wind?

Hot-Day Wind agreed, speaking softly:

- Yes. Very important and useful as well.

- And? - Said Big-and-Furious Wind - What can you do?

- Yes - added Strong-and-Decided Wind - what can you do?

Hot-day Wind sighed:

- I don't know, but I'll see.

So Hot-day Wind came out of the mountain.

The sun was hot and so on. The sky was very blue and so it was. But as the wind passed, people would open their windows and turn their hot faces in the direction in which it blew. They left their homes and smiled; well-being and joy were on their faces.

The Wind blew and found a little boy with a parrot; blew as hard as he could. The parrot rose, the boy was pleased, very pleased.

Then he saw another boy by a pool of water. In the puddle were two small boats with paper sails, but they did not move. Hot-Day Wind smiled, watching the boats move.

Then he saw a bird on the edge of the nest.

- Fly! - blew the wind.

- I'm afraid - said the bird.

The wind blew very gently and forced the bird out of the nest. Then the bird, losing its fear, flew away.

Hot-Day Wind returned to his friends high on the mountain. He felt ashamed:

- I don't think I did much - he said with a sigh.

Strong-and-Decided Wind, however, said to him:

- We couldn't see what you did from here, but you got something we couldn't do.

- One thing you couldn't do? - Asked the Hot-Day Wind.

- Yes - said Strong-and-Decided Wind - Big-and-Furious Wind does havoc, so mountain residents are afraid of him. I am helpful to them and so they receive me. But you, Hot-Day Wind, you make them happy. We saw how happy those people were when you passed. For this reason, you are the most important of the three of us. Rejoice everyone.

Hot-Day Wind descended from the mountain, happily. Down below, adults and children, feeling the return of the Hot-Day Wind, were radiant, happy again.

The little boy saw his parrot rise again. Through the garden the little bird flew, flapping its wings on the Hot-Day Wind, as a boat walks in the sea.

Source: Primary-Child Evangelization Handout, Primary B, Evangelical Spiritist Alliance.

Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com

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