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    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.

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    dont know the title but aunty mabel told that story on come outside one day last week

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    Gosh! I remember that book as a kid!!!

    I'm sure its just called 'The wind and the sun'
    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    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
    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    Happy to be back with the Greenies

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    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    Ella xx

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    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

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    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
    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    Thanks loads guys

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    Quote Originally Posted by uf353432 View Post
    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

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    yep me too - mine is dated 1975 - the year I was born! tis a very old book lol!
    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    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!

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    ha ha ha - you are old admit it lol! I bet you creak just like I do in the morning pmsl!
    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    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)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pipsqueak View Post
    Nope, never, am not, I refuse to admit anything (apart from I cannot hold my drink like I used to be able to)

    sounds like an admission to me
    triangle sandwiches are better than square ones...

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    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

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