环球自然日(2022年度)故事播讲赛英文组素材库7.Naughty Wind
Mother Wind has four children. The first son is Storm, the second is Gale, the third is Wind, and the fourth is Breeze.
Mother Wind takes her four children to the world regularly every day. Wherever they go, Breeze the fourth, brings the cool weather, and the leaves are swaying; Wind the third, blows up the dust on the ground; Gale the second, breaks the branches of the trees; Storm the first, is the most horrible. As long as he passes by, the waves are soaring, and the trees are uprooted. All the children are very naughty. Therefore, Mother Wind has drawn up a strict schedule of work and rest, which arranges the time period for each child to go out.
One day, Mother Wind went out to visit Uncle Thunder and Aunt Lightning. She told the four children that when they went out, they need to obey the schedule and could not to run around at will. However, as soon as Mother Wind stepped out of the door, Gale said to Storm: "Big brother, our mother is partial, she always take the younger brothers to go out and play. We can only stay at home sullenly.” "You are better than me," said Storm dissatisfied, "You can go out a few times a month at least. For me, I can only get out for once in half a year." Ignoring younger brother’s obstructions. Storm and Gale went out to play.
Without mother, two brothers misbehaved in the sky. They came to the land and had a race. Behind them, the yellow sand was all over the sky and gravels were flying. They came to the sea, puffed up their cheeks, and competed with each other to see who had the bigger air current and the higher waves. Instantly, huge waves were overwhelming, and a tsunami swept the coastal areas.
Suddenly, Storm and Gale were caught by their ears. "Ouch," they screamed while covering their ears. It turned out that it was Mother Wind who came here after hearing the news! She was so angry that she dragged them into the sky, and said to them seriously: "Take a good look at what you have done!"
Storm and Gale looked down, oops! The world was in chaos, sandstorms covered inland cities, typhoons and tsunamis destroyed coastal villages, tornadoes appeared in the worst areas, trees and houses were uprooted, and countless people were left homeless.
Storm and Gale were too scared to say a word. Gale grabbed Mother Wind: "Mom, I'm sorry." Storm lowered his head and said: "You always take young brothers to go out and play, we thought you don’t love us."
Mother Wind laughed: "Silly boy, how can i not love you? It’s because you two are too powerful and will cause disasters to mankind!" Storm and Gale's faces flushed.
Mother Wind thought for a while, she took the hands of the Gale and Storm and said: "Well, let’s go out to make up for your mistakes." Mother Wind brought Gale to the power station on the grassland. Gale blew the huge windmill. The power station produced great amount of electricity that is sent to distant cities. Then mother Wind came to the desert with Storm. Storm blew the water vapor from the ocean into the desert, bringing precious precipitation, so that the beautiful flowers could bloom.
From then on, the four children learn how to behave themselves. They try their best to obey the schedule. However, children who are naughty will occasionally be unable to control themselves. At this time, typhoons, sandstorms or tornadoes will occur.
