The Wind and the Sun (A version of the tale by TheFableCottage.com) The wind and the sun are having a disagreement. “I am the most powerful!” says the wind. “No, I am the most powerful!” says the sun. “I can blow trees to the ground!” brags the wind. “I can push ships across the ocean. I can make hurricanes and tornadoes!” “Is that right?” replies the sun. “Well, I can melt all the snow on the mountains. I can dry up an entire lake. I can make a sidewalk so hot that it cooks an egg!” Just then, they see a man walking along the road in his winter jacket . “Let’s have a contest to see who is more powerful,” says the wind...

https://esl-bits.eu/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/0%20LOTR/17/design.html Next day the trumpets rang early in the camp. Soon a single runner was seen hurrying along the narrow path. At a distance he stood and hailed them, asking whether Thorin would now listen to another embassy, since new tidings had come to hand, and matters were changed. "That will be Dain!" said Thorin when he heard. "They will have got wind of his coming. I thought that would alter their mood! Bid them come few in number and weaponless, and I will hear," he called to the messenger...