The North Wind and the Sun had a quarrel about which of them was the stronger. While they were disputing with much heat and bluster, a traveler passed along the road wrapped in a cloak.
“Let us agree,” said the Sun, “that he is the stronger who can strip that traveler of his cloak.”
“Very well,” growled the North Wind, and at once sent a cold, howling blast against the traveler.
“The North Wind and the Sun,” illustrated by Milo Winter, from “The Aesop for Children,” 1919. (PD-US)
With the first gust of wind the ends of the cloak whipped about the traveler’s body. But he immediately wrapped it closely around him, and the harder the Wind blew, the tighter he held it to him. The North Wind tore angrily at the cloak, but all his efforts were in vain.
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