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"Oh no," said the little man, "I'm the Whether man, not the Weather man, for after all, it's more important to know Whether there will be Weather than what the Weather will be," and with that, he released a dozen balloons that sailed off into the sky. "Must see which way the wind is blowing," he said, chuckling over his little joke and watching them disappear in all directions. (The Phantom Tollbooth,1961 copyright Norten Juster Random House, Inc. New York, 1964)
"One day", said Bernardine show more Dohrn, "you'll wake up and look out your window. And there, on your front lawn will be a great flaming W and you will know the time has come for you to be a Weatherman !" show less