How to Argue With a Pre-School-Aged Child (And Lose) #40

P=Parent
C=Child

C: If there were no more trees anywhere on the planet, would there still be wind?
P: Yes.
C: Why?!
P: Because the wind is the air blowing, it doesn't have anything to do with the trees.
C: Yes, it does. Look at the trees! The branches are moving and making the wind!
P: The wind is blowing the branches around.
C: (Pointing to a large pine tree) Look at that, you see the branches moving all around? They are making the wind. And when the big branch falls it makes a lot of wind. (nodding, matter-of-fact)