Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Dog and the Physician

The Mine Owner and the Jackass

The Party Manager and the Gentleman

The Dog and the Physician

A DOG that had seen a Physician attending the burial of a wealthy patient, said: "When do you expect to dig it up?"

"Why should I dig it up?" the Physician asked.

"When I bury a bone," said the Dog, "it is with an intention to uncover it later and pick it."

"The bones that I bury," said the Physician, "are those that I can no longer pick."

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The Mine Owner and the Jackass

The Party Manager and the Gentleman