The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop

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    The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop

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    An engaging illustration, by animation artist Rhoda Leyer, of the fable in which the warm sun proves to the cold wind that persuasion is better than force when it comes to making a man take off his coat.

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    1972-01-01

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