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The Wind and the Sun.

A dispute once arose between the Wind and the Sun, which was thestronger of the two, and they agreed to settle the point upon thisissue—that whichever of the two soonest made a traveler take off hiscloak, should be accounted the more powerful. The Wind began, and blewwith all his might and main a blast, cold and fierce as a Thracianstorm; but the stronger he blew, the closer the traveler wrapped hiscloak around him, and the tighter he grasped it with his hands. Thenbroke out the Sun. With his welcome beams he dispersed the vapor and thecold; the traveler felt the genial warmth, and as the Sun shone brighterand brighter, he sat down, quite overcome with the heat, and taking offhis cloak, cast it on the ground.

Thus the Sun was declared the conqueror; and it has ever been deemedthat persuasion is better than force; and that the sunshine of a kindand gentle manner will sooner lay open a poor man's heart than all thethreatenings and force of blustering authority.

From Aesop's Fables