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An Antidote
A YOUNG Ostrich came to its Mother, groaning with pain and with its wings tightly crossed upon its stomach.
“What have you been eating?” the Mother asked, with solicitude.
“Nothing but a keg of Nails,” was the reply.
“What!” exclaimed the Mother; “a whole keg of Nails, at your age! Why, you will kill yourself that way. Go quickly, my child, and swallow a claw-hammer.”
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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: An Antidote
- Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: An Antidote
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- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
