FABLES. 



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THE SUX AND THE WIND. 



A dispute arose between the Xorth Wind and 

 the Sun, about the superiority of their power, and 

 they agreed to determine matters by trymg which 

 of them could first compel a Traveller to throw off 

 his cloak. The Xorth Wind began, and blew a 

 very cold blast, accompanied by a sharp driving 

 shower; but this, and whatever else he could do, 

 instead of making the Alan quit his cloak, induced 

 him to gird it about him more closely. Xext came 

 the Sun, who, breaking out from a cloud, drove 

 away the cold vapours, and darted his warm sultry 

 beam's upon the weather-beaten Traveller. The 

 Man growing faint with the heat, first threw off 

 his heavy cloak, and then flew for protection to the 

 shade of a neighbouring grove. 



