One day a quarrel arose between the wind and the sun about their power. Each claimed to be more powerful than the other. As neither would give an inch of ground they wrangled and wrangled. At length a traveler came and they agreed to try their power on him. It was decided that the one who was able to make the traveler take his coat off would be considered the more powerful of the two. The wind began and blew as hard as it could and brought dark clouds. Then there was a shower of rain. Naturally, instead of pulling his coat off, the traveler pulled to close to keep the chill off. Seeing this the wind gave up the attempt. It was now the sun’s turn. He began to grow hotter and warmed the air. So the cloud moved away. Then the sun began to send down fire. Naturally, it became very hot below. As a result, the traveler began to sweat and to find relief, he pulled his coat off.
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