182 Language Through Nature 



the weather-vane paid no attention to the wind and 

 pointed west. On this morning, though the weather- 

 vane told the fishermen to go to sea, they said, 

 ''This wind feels like an east wind," and looking 

 about them they took the wind's message from trees 

 and clouds, and nearly everyone staid at home. 



Soon the sky grew black, the wind roared, and 

 big waves dashed against the shore. The little 

 boats that had gone out were dashed in pieces, and 

 the men in them were saved only by the hard work 

 of their friends on shore. 



The foolish weather-vane was sorry to see the 

 people in trouble, and wished he had done as he 

 was told. He said, "Hereafter I will obey the 

 wind," but it was too late, for the people said, 

 "That weather-vane no longer tells the direction 

 of the wind; we must put up a new one." 



70// in your own words the story of the foolish 

 weather-vane. 



