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VERBAL NO UNS.

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EXERCISE XIV.
Parse the italicized Verbal Nouns inThe Sun and the Wind were one day disputing which
was the stronger. On seeing a traveller approaching,
"Cease your bawling," said the Sun to the Wind, "and
let us decide the question by doing and not by talkigq.
Whoever can succeed in taking away that traveller's
cloak shall be confessed to be the conqueror: what do
you say to deciding thus." " I agree," cried the Wind;
"but would you mind my trying first? " " Not a bit,"
said the other; and straightway the Wind set to work.
First he tried blowing quietly, then more furiously;
and at last he blew so loud that you could not have
heard yourself speak for his howling; but all his blustering was in vain. So far from giving up his cloak,
the traveller only drew it closer round him. Now it
was the Sun's turn to try. He began by driving away
the clouds that the Wind had gathered; then lie
warmed the air with his bright face till the traveller
was forced to loosen his cloak because of the heat.
On seeing this, the Sun redoubled his efforts, till at
last, fainting with the heat, the weary traveller flung
himself on a bank to rest, after stripping himself of
cloak and coat as well.