HE Wind and the Sun were disputing 

 which was the stronger. Suddenly 

 they saw a traveller coming down 

 the road, and the Sun said : " I see 

 a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of 

 us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak 



shall be regarded as the 

 stronger. You begin." 

 So the Sun retired be- 

 hind a cloud, and the 

 Wind began to blow 

 as hard as it could upon 

 the traveller. But the 

 harder he blew the 

 more closely did the 

 traveller wrap his cloak 

 round him, till at last the Wind had to give 



