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The North Wind and the Sun

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Title:     The North Wind and the Sun
Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce]

THE Sun and the North Wind disputed which was the more powerful, and agreed that he should be declared victor who could the sooner strip a traveller of his clothes. So they waited until a traveller came by. But the traveller had been indiscreet enough to stay over night at a summer hotel, and had no clothes.


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Ambrose Bierce's short story/fable: The North Wind and the Sun

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