When sailors venture out into the open waters, they must first unfurl their sails.
On a clear, windswept day, the billowing sails fill easily, and the boat churns through the waves at a faster clip.
When the air is calm and stagnant, the boat may only drift languidly on the surface of the sea.
Because of the wind’s capricious (see definition and hear pronunciation below) nature, a good sailor must continually trim, or reposition, the boat’s mainsail in order to keep up with the wind’s changes.
Only then can the boat really soar!
Cool word vocabulary question of the day: What other elements of nature would you say are capricious?
Capricious: Changing often and quickly; changing suddenly in mood or behavior.
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