The Sun and the Wind and Mr. Todd

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The Sun and the Wind and Mr. Todd

   Author:  Eleanor Estes
Copyright Date:  1943
Publisher:  Harcourt, Brace and Company
Pagination:  92 p.
Dedication:  to the little man

          P R O L O G U E
     A dispute once arose between the WIND and the SUN, which was the stronger of the two, and they agreed to put the point upon this issue—that whichever soon-
est made a TRAVELER take off his cloak should be ac-
counted the most powerful. The WIND began, and blew with all his might and main,

a blast cold and fierce as a Thracian storm; but the stronger he blew the closer the TRAVELER wrapped his cloak about him, and the tighter he grasped it with his hands. Then broke out the SUN; with his welcome beams he dispersed the vapor and the cold; the TRAVELER felt the genial warmth, and the sun shone brighter and brighter, he sat down, overcome with heat, and cast his cloak on the ground.
     Thus the SUN was declared the conquerer!

AESOP

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LITTLE MAN WHO WAS THE INNOCENT VICTIM OF THAT OLYMPIC BATTLE? THIS IS THE STORY OF THAT LITTLE MAN AND IT IS DEDICATED TO HIM, AND TO ALL LITTLE MEN, BUFFETED HITHER AND YON BY FORCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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	P R O L O G U E A dispute once arose between the WIND and the SUN, which was the stronger of the two, and they agreed to put the point upon this issue—that whichever soon- est made a TRAVELER take off his cloak should be ac- counted the most powerful. The WIND began, and blew with all his might and main,
a blast cold and fierce as a Thracian storm; but the stronger he blew the closer the TRAVELER wrapped his cloak about him, and the tighter he grasped it with his hands. Then broke out the SUN; with his welcome beams he dispersed the vapor and the cold; the TRAVELER felt the genial warmth, and the sun shone brighter and brighter, he sat down, overcome with heat, and cast his cloak on the ground. Thus the SUN was declared the conquerer!
AESOP
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LITTLE MAN WHO WAS THE INNOCENT VICTIM OF THAT OLYMPIC BATTLE? THIS IS THE STORY OF THAT LITTLE MAN AND IT IS DEDICATED TO HIM, AND TO ALL LITTLE MEN, BUFFETED HITHER AND YON BY FORCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .