Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Ineffective Rooter

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The Ineffective Rooter

A DRUNKEN Man was lying in the road with a bleeding nose, upon which he had fallen, when a Pig passed that way.

"You wallow fairly well," said the Pig, "but, my fine fellow, you have much to learn about rooting."