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There stood Marmaduke, pointing at the shadow. That shadow was so big and Marmaduke was so small. "Don't let him get me!" the little boy cried. The Toyman reached down and in a second Marmaduke was safe in his arms. "There's nobody here but me," said the Toyman. Loud the Giant Northwind howled and roared, while the flames leaped up the chimney. "Look there!" cried Marmaduke. "There he is!!"
"'Good-for-nothings, roared Northwind, 'I'll get me some tigers. "Again he went stalking over the Earth till he reached the great deserts, which the people called 'the Deserts Without End. Here he caught a thousand fierce tigers and drove them back to his cave. "The next night, while the people were talking and singing around the little fires, he let the tigers loose.
Always think the best about others, and believe the best, and you will grow to be open-hearted, friendly, lovable and big. Once upon a time, according to an old fable, the sun and the northwind had a contest to see which could take a man's coat off the more quickly. The northwind tried first.
If some one has done you a wrong, the way to deal with him is not to try to "get even" with him, as we say. Nor is the best way to get angry with him and scold him. The Bible tells us that the way to overcome your enemy is to do good for evil, for it says by so doing you will "heap coals of fire upon his head." Usually it is the weak people who bluster like the northwind, and storm and brag.
Through it he could see the bright fire. Higher and higher leaped the flames, as if they wanted to jump up the chimney and join the Northwind in his mad race. Very comfy and bright looked the fire. Very funny were the shadows on the wall, dancing and bowing to each other and jumping up and down like Jacks-in-the-Box. One shadow was like a man's, as tall as the ceiling.
I can double the boys up, I can tell you, and then they have to go into the bag; we don't stand upon ceremony, and there they have to stay; they can't get out to play their tricks till it suits me to let them. But here we have one of them. It was the Northwind who came in with an icy blast; great hailstones peppered about the floor and snow-flakes drifted in.
I will blow you out and people can't see your fine suit of gold armour any more. "'Ho, ho! Mr. Sun laughed back. 'Just try it and see. Might as well save your breath. "That made Northwind very mad. So he took a deep breath until his chest puffed way out like a big balloon. "Then he let go. All the hills in the north country shook at that roar.
Jehosophat and Hepzebiah were sound asleep but not Marmaduke. He was sitting up, a little bit of a fellow in a big bed. Outside, old Giant Northwind roared and roared. Now he seemed to be running around and around the house, faster than any train. Now he stopped to knock at the door and bang at the window panes.
People were sitting around the bright little piece of the Sun, and warming their hands, and cooking their supper. Of course it was only a merry fire, but Giant Northwind was sure it was a piece of the Sun that had fallen on the Earth. He had been so busy trying to blow him out of the sky that he hadn't noticed these little fires much before.
But soon the traveller took out his handkerchief and wiped the perspiration from his face. Then, before long, he took off his hat. Soon he unbuttoned his coat, and finally he took it off of his own accord. The sun had won the contest against the northwind! Now, a fable is meant to teach a lesson. The lesson of this fable is that gentleness wins where only strength and rudeness fail.
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