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var clickme = document.id('clickme');
clickme.addEvent('click', function(event){
    if (event && event.stop) event.stop();
    this.highlight();
});

document.id('fire').addEvent('click', function(event){
    event.stop();
    clickme.fireEvent('click');
});

<a href="#" id="clickme">Click Me</a>

<a href="#" id="fire">Fire the Click Me event</a>

#clickme {
    display: block;
    padding: 20px;
    font-size: 2em;
}