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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Wart
The Politicians and the Plunder The Divided Delegation The Man and the Wart A PERSON with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said: "Let me propose your name…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Divided Delegation
The Man and the Wart A Forfeited Right The Divided Delegation A DELEGATION at Washington went to a New President, and said: "Your Excellency, we are unable to agree upon a Favourite…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Forfeited Right
The Divided Delegation Revenge A Forfeited Right THE Chief of the Weather Bureau having predicted a fine day, a Thrifty Person hastened to lay in a large stock of umbrellas, which he…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Valuable Suggestion
An Optimist Two Footpads A Valuable Suggestion A BIG Nation having a quarrel with a Little Nation, resolved to terrify its antagonist by a grand naval demonstration in the latter's…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Two Footpads
A Valuable Suggestion Equipped for Service Two Footpads Two Footpads sat at their grog in a roadside resort, comparing the evening's adventures. "I stood up the Chief of Police,"…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: Equipped for Service
Two Footpads The Basking Cyclone Equipped for Service DURING the Civil War a Patriot was passing through the State of Maryland with a pass from the President to join Grant's army and…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Basking Cyclone
Equipped for Service At the Pole The Basking Cyclone A NEGRO in a boat, gathering driftwood, saw a sleeping Alligator, and, thinking it was a log, fell to estimating the number of…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Optimist and the Cynic
At the Pole The Poet and the Editor The Optimist and the Cynic A MAN who had experienced the favours of fortune and was an Optimist, met a man who had experienced an optimist and was…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Poet and the Editor
The Optimist and the Cynic The Taken Hand The Poet and the Editor "MY dear sir," said the editor to the man, who had called to see about his poem, "I regret to say that owing to an…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Thoughtful Warden
The Politicians The Treasury and the Arms The Thoughtful Warden THE Warden of a Penitentiary was one day putting locks on the doors of all the cells when a mechanic said to him: "…Trending
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