On a certain occasion, very many years go, the north wind and the sun were unable to agree as to which of them had the greater strength. At last they came to the decision that they would put their strength to the test. It was agreed between them to try their strength upon a strong young man who was at the time walking from his farm to a town some distance away. Their object was to get the man's coat off. The north wind had a heavy fall of rain. The wind, however, did not take off the man's coat; instead it had the effect of making him draw the coat very close to his body to keep himself warm and dry. Then the sun came out and tried to make the poor man as warm as possible. It was not long before he was feeling too much warm in his heavy coat, and he took it off and sat down under some trees to rest. Thus, it was the sun that was able to win. It will often be found that the use of great force is not the best means by which to obtain the most satisfactory results. It is a strange thought to most of us that one day the earth must grow like the moon, cold and dead, without life. Even the sun itself must in the course of time grow cold. The moon became cold first, the explanation for this being that it is not so large as the earth, of course, not nearly so large as the sun. As we know, the small things grow cold in much less time than the large ones. The earth, being larger than the moon, is not yet quite so cold, but one day it will be like the moon. The sun is a very great deal larger than the earth, but we may be quite sure that, in accordance with the same law, it too must grow cold. Owing to the difference in size there will always be some difference in the state of the moon, the earth, and the sun. For instance, a small body has less power than a large one to draw to itself gas from outside. The moon, being small, was unable to keep gas from outside, and as a result it has no air as we have on the earth. After the coldness of the winter months the lovely days of April, May and June call to us and ask us to go out and see the beautiful countryside. During the long the countryside has been resting and waiting for the warmth of summer to make it colourful once more.