the wind was dancing in front of the sun, chasing clouds and spilling tiles from the rooftops. 'see how powerful i am!' he cried.
the sun just smiled.
this made the wind furious.' i am the most powerful force of nature!' he cried,' there is nothing i can't do!'
'make that man take off his coat', smiled the sun.
the wind picked up and began tugging the end of the gentleman's overcoat.
'give me your coat!' he whistled briskly.
the man buttoned the coat.
'give me your coat!' the wind moaned, whipping around the fellow. but the man hugged the coat closer around him
'GIVE ME YOUR COAT!!!!!' screamed the wind until he was blue in the face.
but the man was now backed up against a tree,bent double in his efforts to keep his overcoat.
the wind ran out of puff. 'its impossible' ,he said petulantly',the fellow won't relent.'
the sun just smiled.....
schadenfreude...a malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others.
compassion.......a humane,deep understanding and awareness of the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it.