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stressed
12-10-2009, 07:55 PM
Hi there, does anyone know the name of a childrens book im after its about the wind & the sun who have a competition to see whos the strongest. Sorry i told you it was a strange question.

sweets
12-10-2009, 07:56 PM
dont know the title but aunty mabel told that story on come outside one day last week:laughing:

uf353432
12-10-2009, 07:57 PM
Gosh! I remember that book as a kid!!!

I'm sure its just called 'The wind and the sun'

uf353432
12-10-2009, 07:58 PM
No its called the North wind and the sun

and its part of the Aesops fables :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Wind_and_the_Sun

PixiePetal
12-10-2009, 07:58 PM
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sun-Wind-Usborne-Picture-Storybooks/dp/074609583X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255377414&sr=1-4

stress over?

uf353432
12-10-2009, 07:59 PM
http://sedition.com/a/497

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sun-Wind-Usborne-Picture-Storybooks/dp/074609583X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255377558&sr=1-2

EllaBella
12-10-2009, 07:59 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Wind-Sun-Aesop/dp/0831753633 hth x x

gigglinggoblin
12-10-2009, 08:00 PM
Julia Donaldson sings it!

Said the wind to the sun I can carry off kites and howl through the windows on blustery nights.......

Wont get that out of my head any time soon now

uf353432
12-10-2009, 08:03 PM
this post made me dig out my Aesops fables book that I kept as a kid - its one of the stories it - thats why it rang a bell - awwwww made me all childlike again :)

stressed
12-10-2009, 08:08 PM
Thanks loads guys :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

Pipsqueak
12-10-2009, 08:34 PM
this post made me dig out my Aesops fables book that I kept as a kid - its one of the stories it - thats why it rang a bell - awwwww made me all childlike again :)

Ditto with the Aesops fables - loved that book as a child, I still have it many many moons later. It is beautifully illustrated

uf353432
12-10-2009, 08:37 PM
yep me too - mine is dated 1975 - the year I was born! tis a very old book lol!

Pipsqueak
12-10-2009, 09:31 PM
yep me too - mine is dated 1975 - the year I was born! tis a very old book lol!

can beat you on that mine is the year I was born - a little bit earlier that you!!! AND I AM NOT old - I refuse to be!:p

uf353432
12-10-2009, 09:42 PM
ha ha ha - you are old admit it lol! I bet you creak just like I do in the morning pmsl!

Pipsqueak
12-10-2009, 09:48 PM
ha ha ha - you are old admit it lol! I bet you creak just like I do in the morning pmsl!

Nope, never, am not, I refuse to admit anything (apart from I cannot hold my drink like I used to be able to):p

uf353432
13-10-2009, 10:02 AM
Nope, never, am not, I refuse to admit anything (apart from I cannot hold my drink like I used to be able to):p


sounds like an admission to me :p

CherryBlossom
13-10-2009, 12:07 PM
arrrr I love that story when I was younger! i need to buy the book now..they use to read it to us in Primary school

x:D