Book 1964

North Wind and the Sun

1 readers

Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 1964

Juvenile fiction
Fables
Winds
Heat
Folklore
Children's fiction
Short stories
Sun, fiction

When the Sun and the North Wind observe the traveler below, they make a wager to see which one can make the man remove his coat. A simple version of the fable that says gentleness may conquer where force fails.

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