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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 shingles it would make for his new cabin. Having satisfied his mind on that point, he stuck his boat-hook into the beast’s back to harvest his good fortune. Thereupon the saurian emerged from his dream and took to the water, greatly to the surprise of the man- and-brother.
“I never befo’ seen such a cyclone as dat,” he exclaimed as soon as he had recovered his breath. “It done carry away de ruf of my house!”
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Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Basking Cyclone
- Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Basking Cyclone
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- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
