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The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop

Les Drew & Rhoda Leyer

1972 | 2 min

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This short animated film illustrates 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 remove his coat.

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