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by Ambrose Bierce

Contents The Moral Principle and the Material Interest The Crimson Candle The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine The Ingenious Patriot Two Kings An Officer and a Thug The Conscientious Official How Leisure Came The Moral Sentiment The Politicians The Thoughtful Warden The Treasury and the Arms The Christian Serpent The Broom of the Temple The Critics The Foolish Woman Father and Son The Discontented Malefactor A Call to Quit The Man and the Lightning The Lassoed Bear The Ineffective Rooter A Protagonist of Silver The Holy Deacon A Hasty Settlement The Wooden Guns The Reform School Board The Poet’s Doom The Noser and the Note The Cat and the King The Literary Astronomer The Lion and the Rattlesnake The Man with No Enemies The Alderman and the Raccoon The Flying-Machine The Angel’s Tear The City of Political Distinction The Party Over There The Poetess of Reform The Unchanged Diplomatist An Invitation The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky The Opossum of the Future The Life-Savers The Australian Grasshopper The Pavior The Tried Assassin The Bumbo of Jiam The Two Poets The Thistles upon the Grave The Shadow of the Leader The Sagacious Rat The Member and the Soap Alarm and Pride A Causeway Two in Trouble The Witch’s Steed The All Dog The Farmer’s Friend Physicians Two The Overlooked Factor A Racial Parallel The Honest Cadi The Kangaroo and the Zebra A Matter of Method The Man of Principle The Returned Californian The Compassionate Physician Two of the Damned The Austere Governor Religions of Error The Penitent Elector The Tail of the Sphinx A Prophet of Evil The Crew of the Life-boat A Treaty of Peace The Nightside of Character The Faithful Cashier The Circular Clew The Devoted Widow The Hardy Patriots The Humble Peasant The Various Delegation The No Case A Harmless Visitor The Judge and the Rash Act The Prerogative of Might An Inflated Ambition Rejected Services The Power of the Scalawag At Large - One Temper The Seeker and the Sought His Fly-Speck Majesty The Pugilist’s Diet The Old Man and the Pupil The Deceased and his Heirs The Politicians and the Plunder The Man and the Wart The Divided Delegation A Forfeited Right Revenge An Optimist A Valuable Suggestion Two Footpads Equipped for Service The Basking Cyclone At the Pole The Optimist and the Cynic The Poet and the Editor The Taken Hand An Unspeakable Imbecile A Needful War The Mine Owner and the Jackass The Dog and the Physician The Party Manager and the Gentleman The Legislator and the Citizen The Rainmaker The Citizen and the Snakes Fortune and the Fabulist A Smiling Idol Philosophers Three The Boneless King Uncalculating Zeal A Transposition The Honest Citizen A Creaking Tail Wasted Sweets Six and One The Sportsman and the Squirrel The Fogy and the Sheik At Heaven’s Gate The Catted Anarchist The Honourable Member The Expatriated Boss An Inadequate Fee The Judge and the Plaintiff The Return of the Representative A Statesman Two Dogs Three Recruits The Mirror Saint and Sinner An Antidote A Weary Echo The Ingenious Blackmailer A Talisman The Ancient Order A Fatal Disorder The Massacre A Ship and a Man Congress and the People The Justice and His Accuser The Highwayman and the Traveller The Policeman and the Citizen The Writer and the Tramps Two Politicians The Fugitive Office The Tyrant Frog The Eligible Son-in-Law The Statesman and the Horse An AErophobe The Thrift of Strength The Good Government The Life Saver The Man and the Bird From the Minutes Three of a Kind The Fabulist and the Animals A Revivalist Revived The Debaters Two of the Pious The Desperate Object The Appropriate Memorial A Needless Labour A Flourishing Industry The Self-Made Monkey The Patriot and the Banker The Mourning Brothers The Disinterested Arbiter The Thief and the Honest Man The Dutiful Son Aesopus Emendatus The Cat and the Youth The Farmer and His Sons Jupiter and the Baby Show The Man and the Dog The Cat and the Birds Mercury and the Woodchopper The Fox and the Grapes The Penitent Thief The Archer and the Eagle Truth and the Traveller The Wolf and the Lamb The Lion and the Boar The Grasshopper and the Ant The Fisher and the Fished The Farmer and the Fox Dame Fortune and the Traveller The Victor and the Victim The Wolf and the Shepherds The Goose and the Swan The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass The Snake and the Swallow The Wolves and the Dogs The Hen and the Vipers A Seasonable Joke The Lion and the Thorn The Fawn and the Buck The Kite, the Pigeons, and the Hawk The Wolf and the Babe The Wolf and the Ostrich The Herdsman and the Lion The Man and the Viper The Man and the Eagle The War-horse and the Miller The Dog and the Reflection The Man and the Fish-horn The Hare and the Tortoise Hercules and the Carter The Lion and the Bull The Man and his Goose The Wolf and the Feeding Goat Jupiter and the Birds The Lion and the Mouse The Old Man and His Sons The Crab and His Son The North Wind and the Sun The Mountain and the Mouse The Bellamy and the Members

Old Saws With New Teeth The Wolf and the Crane The Lion and the Mouse The Hares and the Frogs The Belly and the Members The Piping Fisherman The Ants and the Grasshopper The Dog and His Reflection The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox The Ass and the Lion’s Skin The Ass and the Grasshoppers The Wolf and the Lion The Hare and the Tortoise The Milkmaid and Her Bucket King Log and King Stork The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion The Monkey and the Nuts The Boys and the Frogs

 

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by Ambrose Bierce

Contents The Moral Principle and the Material Interest The Crimson Candle The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine The Ingenious Patriot Two Kings An Officer and a Thug The Conscientious Official How Leisure Came The Moral Sentiment The Politicians The Thoughtful Warden The Treasury and the Arms The Christian Serpent The Broom of the Temple The Critics The Foolish Woman Father and Son The Discontented Malefactor A Call to Quit The Man and the Lightning The Lassoed Bear The Ineffective Rooter A Protagonist of Silver The Holy Deacon A Hasty Settlement The Wooden Guns The Reform School Board The Poet’s Doom The Noser and the Note The Cat and the King The Literary Astronomer The Lion and the Rattlesnake The Man with No Enemies The Alderman and the Raccoon The Flying-Machine The Angel’s Tear The City of Political Distinction The Party Over There The Poetess of Reform The Unchanged Diplomatist An Invitation The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky The Opossum of the Future The Life-Savers The Australian Grasshopper The Pavior The Tried Assassin The Bumbo of Jiam The Two Poets The Thistles upon the Grave The Shadow of the Leader The Sagacious Rat The Member and the Soap Alarm and Pride A Causeway Two in Trouble The Witch’s Steed The All Dog The Farmer’s Friend Physicians Two The Overlooked Factor A Racial Parallel The Honest Cadi The Kangaroo and the Zebra A Matter of Method The Man of Principle The Returned Californian The Compassionate Physician Two of the Damned The Austere Governor Religions of Error The Penitent Elector The Tail of the Sphinx A Prophet of Evil The Crew of the Life-boat A Treaty of Peace The Nightside of Character The Faithful Cashier The Circular Clew The Devoted Widow The Hardy Patriots The Humble Peasant The Various Delegation The No Case A Harmless Visitor The Judge and the Rash Act The Prerogative of Might An Inflated Ambition Rejected Services The Power of the Scalawag At Large - One Temper The Seeker and the Sought His Fly-Speck Majesty The Pugilist’s Diet The Old Man and the Pupil The Deceased and his Heirs The Politicians and the Plunder The Man and the Wart The Divided Delegation A Forfeited Right Revenge An Optimist A Valuable Suggestion Two Footpads Equipped for Service The Basking Cyclone At the Pole The Optimist and the Cynic The Poet and the Editor The Taken Hand An Unspeakable Imbecile A Needful War The Mine Owner and the Jackass The Dog and the Physician The Party Manager and the Gentleman The Legislator and the Citizen The Rainmaker The Citizen and the Snakes Fortune and the Fabulist A Smiling Idol Philosophers Three The Boneless King Uncalculating Zeal A Transposition The Honest Citizen A Creaking Tail Wasted Sweets Six and One The Sportsman and the Squirrel The Fogy and the Sheik At Heaven’s Gate The Catted Anarchist The Honourable Member The Expatriated Boss An Inadequate Fee The Judge and the Plaintiff The Return of the Representative A Statesman Two Dogs Three Recruits The Mirror Saint and Sinner An Antidote A Weary Echo The Ingenious Blackmailer A Talisman The Ancient Order A Fatal Disorder The Massacre A Ship and a Man Congress and the People The Justice and His Accuser The Highwayman and the Traveller The Policeman and the Citizen The Writer and the Tramps Two Politicians The Fugitive Office The Tyrant Frog The Eligible Son-in-Law The Statesman and the Horse An AErophobe The Thrift of Strength The Good Government The Life Saver The Man and the Bird From the Minutes Three of a Kind The Fabulist and the Animals A Revivalist Revived The Debaters Two of the Pious The Desperate Object The Appropriate Memorial A Needless Labour A Flourishing Industry The Self-Made Monkey The Patriot and the Banker The Mourning Brothers The Disinterested Arbiter The Thief and the Honest Man The Dutiful Son Aesopus Emendatus The Cat and the Youth The Farmer and His Sons Jupiter and the Baby Show The Man and the Dog The Cat and the Birds Mercury and the Woodchopper The Fox and the Grapes The Penitent Thief The Archer and the Eagle Truth and the Traveller The Wolf and the Lamb The Lion and the Boar The Grasshopper and the Ant The Fisher and the Fished The Farmer and the Fox Dame Fortune and the Traveller The Victor and the Victim The Wolf and the Shepherds The Goose and the Swan The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass The Snake and the Swallow The Wolves and the Dogs The Hen and the Vipers A Seasonable Joke The Lion and the Thorn The Fawn and the Buck The Kite, the Pigeons, and the Hawk The Wolf and the Babe The Wolf and the Ostrich The Herdsman and the Lion The Man and the Viper The Man and the Eagle The War-horse and the Miller The Dog and the Reflection The Man and the Fish-horn The Hare and the Tortoise Hercules and the Carter The Lion and the Bull The Man and his Goose The Wolf and the Feeding Goat Jupiter and the Birds The Lion and the Mouse The Old Man and His Sons The Crab and His Son The North Wind and the Sun The Mountain and the Mouse The Bellamy and the Members

Old Saws With New Teeth The Wolf and the Crane The Lion and the Mouse The Hares and the Frogs The Belly and the Members The Piping Fisherman The Ants and the Grasshopper The Dog and His Reflection The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox The Ass and the Lion’s Skin The Ass and the Grasshoppers The Wolf and the Lion The Hare and the Tortoise The Milkmaid and Her Bucket King Log and King Stork The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion The Monkey and the Nuts The Boys and the Frogs

Contents

  • The Moral Principle and the Material Interest

  • The Crimson Candle

  • The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine

  • The Ingenious Patriot

  • Two Kings

  • An Officer and a Thug

  • The Conscientious Official

  • How Leisure Came

  • The Moral Sentiment

  • The Politicians

  • The Thoughtful Warden

  • The Treasury and the Arms

  • The Christian Serpent

  • The Broom of the Temple

  • The Critics

  • The Foolish Woman

  • Father and Son

  • The Discontented Malefactor

  • A Call to Quit

  • The Man and the Lightning

  • The Lassoed Bear

  • The Ineffective Rooter

  • A Protagonist of Silver

  • The Holy Deacon

  • A Hasty Settlement

  • The Wooden Guns

  • The Reform School Board

  • The Poet’s Doom

  • The Noser and the Note

  • The Cat and the King

  • The Literary Astronomer

  • The Lion and the Rattlesnake

  • The Man with No Enemies

  • The Alderman and the Raccoon

  • The Flying-Machine

  • The Angel’s Tear

  • The City of Political Distinction

  • The Party Over There

  • The Poetess of Reform

  • The Unchanged Diplomatist

  • An Invitation

  • The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky

  • The Opossum of the Future

  • The Life-Savers

  • The Australian Grasshopper

  • The Pavior

  • The Tried Assassin

  • The Bumbo of Jiam

  • The Two Poets

  • The Thistles upon the Grave

  • The Shadow of the Leader

  • The Sagacious Rat

  • The Member and the Soap

  • Alarm and Pride

  • A Causeway

  • Two in Trouble

  • The Witch’s Steed

  • The All Dog

  • The Farmer’s Friend

  • Physicians Two

  • The Overlooked Factor

  • A Racial Parallel

  • The Honest Cadi

  • The Kangaroo and the Zebra

  • A Matter of Method

  • The Man of Principle

  • The Returned Californian

  • The Compassionate Physician

  • Two of the Damned

  • The Austere Governor

  • Religions of Error

  • The Penitent Elector

  • The Tail of the Sphinx

  • A Prophet of Evil

  • The Crew of the Life-boat

  • A Treaty of Peace

  • The Nightside of Character

  • The Faithful Cashier

  • The Circular Clew

  • The Devoted Widow

  • The Hardy Patriots

  • The Humble Peasant

  • The Various Delegation

  • The No Case

  • A Harmless Visitor

  • The Judge and the Rash Act

  • The Prerogative of Might

  • An Inflated Ambition

  • Rejected Services

  • The Power of the Scalawag

  • At Large - One Temper

  • The Seeker and the Sought

  • His Fly-Speck Majesty

  • The Pugilist’s Diet

  • The Old Man and the Pupil

  • The Deceased and his Heirs

  • The Politicians and the Plunder

  • The Man and the Wart

  • The Divided Delegation

  • A Forfeited Right

  • Revenge

  • An Optimist

  • A Valuable Suggestion

  • Two Footpads

  • Equipped for Service

  • The Basking Cyclone

  • At the Pole

  • The Optimist and the Cynic

  • The Poet and the Editor

  • The Taken Hand

  • An Unspeakable Imbecile

  • A Needful War

  • The Mine Owner and the Jackass

  • The Dog and the Physician

  • The Party Manager and the Gentleman

  • The Legislator and the Citizen

  • The Rainmaker

  • The Citizen and the Snakes

  • Fortune and the Fabulist

  • A Smiling Idol

  • Philosophers Three

  • The Boneless King

  • Uncalculating Zeal

  • A Transposition

  • The Honest Citizen

  • A Creaking Tail

  • Wasted Sweets

  • Six and One

  • The Sportsman and the Squirrel

  • The Fogy and the Sheik

  • At Heaven’s Gate

  • The Catted Anarchist

  • The Honourable Member

  • The Expatriated Boss

  • An Inadequate Fee

  • The Judge and the Plaintiff

  • The Return of the Representative

  • A Statesman

  • Two Dogs

  • Three Recruits

  • The Mirror

  • Saint and Sinner

  • An Antidote

  • A Weary Echo

  • The Ingenious Blackmailer

  • A Talisman

  • The Ancient Order

  • A Fatal Disorder

  • The Massacre

  • A Ship and a Man

  • Congress and the People

  • The Justice and His Accuser

  • The Highwayman and the Traveller

  • The Policeman and the Citizen

  • The Writer and the Tramps

  • Two Politicians

  • The Fugitive Office

  • The Tyrant Frog

  • The Eligible Son-in-Law

  • The Statesman and the Horse

  • An AErophobe

  • The Thrift of Strength

  • The Good Government

  • The Life Saver

  • The Man and the Bird

  • From the Minutes

  • Three of a Kind

  • The Fabulist and the Animals

  • A Revivalist Revived

  • The Debaters

  • Two of the Pious

  • The Desperate Object

  • The Appropriate Memorial

  • A Needless Labour

  • A Flourishing Industry

  • The Self-Made Monkey

  • The Patriot and the Banker

  • The Mourning Brothers

  • The Disinterested Arbiter

  • The Thief and the Honest Man

  • The Dutiful Son

  • Aesopus Emendatus

  • The Cat and the Youth

  • The Farmer and His Sons

  • Jupiter and the Baby Show

  • The Man and the Dog

  • The Cat and the Birds

  • Mercury and the Woodchopper

  • The Fox and the Grapes

  • The Penitent Thief

  • The Archer and the Eagle

  • Truth and the Traveller

  • The Wolf and the Lamb

  • The Lion and the Boar

  • The Grasshopper and the Ant

  • The Fisher and the Fished

  • The Farmer and the Fox

  • Dame Fortune and the Traveller

  • The Victor and the Victim

  • The Wolf and the Shepherds

  • The Goose and the Swan

  • The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass

  • The Snake and the Swallow

  • The Wolves and the Dogs

  • The Hen and the Vipers

  • A Seasonable Joke

  • The Lion and the Thorn

  • The Fawn and the Buck

  • The Kite, the Pigeons, and the Hawk

  • The Wolf and the Babe

  • The Wolf and the Ostrich

  • The Herdsman and the Lion

  • The Man and the Viper

  • The Man and the Eagle

  • The War-horse and the Miller

  • The Dog and the Reflection

  • The Man and the Fish-horn

  • The Hare and the Tortoise

  • Hercules and the Carter

  • The Lion and the Bull

  • The Man and his Goose

  • The Wolf and the Feeding Goat

  • Jupiter and the Birds

  • The Lion and the Mouse

  • The Old Man and His Sons

  • The Crab and His Son

  • The North Wind and the Sun

  • The Mountain and the Mouse

  • The Bellamy and the Members

  • Old Saws With New Teeth

  • The Wolf and the Crane

  • The Lion and the Mouse

  • The Hares and the Frogs

  • The Belly and the Members

  • The Piping Fisherman

  • The Ants and the Grasshopper

  • The Dog and His Reflection

  • The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox

  • The Ass and the Lion’s Skin

  • The Ass and the Grasshoppers

  • The Wolf and the Lion

  • The Hare and the Tortoise

  • The Milkmaid and Her Bucket

  • King Log and King Stork

  • The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion

  • The Monkey and the Nuts

  • The Boys and the Frogs

  • The Cat and the Youth

  • The Farmer and His Sons

  • Jupiter and the Baby Show

  • The Man and the Dog

  • The Cat and the Birds

  • Mercury and the Woodchopper

  • The Fox and the Grapes

  • The Penitent Thief

  • The Archer and the Eagle

  • Truth and the Traveller

  • The Wolf and the Lamb

  • The Lion and the Boar

  • The Grasshopper and the Ant

  • The Fisher and the Fished

  • The Farmer and the Fox

  • Dame Fortune and the Traveller

  • The Victor and the Victim

  • The Wolf and the Shepherds

  • The Goose and the Swan

  • The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass

  • The Snake and the Swallow

  • The Wolves and the Dogs

  • The Hen and the Vipers

  • A Seasonable Joke

  • The Lion and the Thorn

  • The Fawn and the Buck

  • The Kite, the Pigeons, and the Hawk

  • The Wolf and the Babe

  • The Wolf and the Ostrich

  • The Herdsman and the Lion

  • The Man and the Viper

  • The Man and the Eagle

  • The War-horse and the Miller

  • The Dog and the Reflection

  • The Man and the Fish-horn

  • The Hare and the Tortoise

  • Hercules and the Carter

  • The Lion and the Bull

  • The Man and his Goose

  • The Wolf and the Feeding Goat

  • Jupiter and the Birds

  • The Lion and the Mouse

  • The Old Man and His Sons

  • The Crab and His Son

  • The North Wind and the Sun

  • The Mountain and the Mouse

  • The Bellamy and the Members

  • The Wolf and the Crane

  • The Lion and the Mouse

  • The Hares and the Frogs

  • The Belly and the Members

  • The Piping Fisherman

  • The Ants and the Grasshopper

  • The Dog and His Reflection

  • The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox

  • The Ass and the Lion’s Skin

  • The Ass and the Grasshoppers

  • The Wolf and the Lion

  • The Hare and the Tortoise

  • The Milkmaid and Her Bucket

  • King Log and King Stork

  • The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion

  • The Monkey and the Nuts

  • The Boys and the Frogs

 

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses

Current Events This Week: January 2023

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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents

The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

  • Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses
  • Current Events This Week: January 2023
  • African Americans by the Numbers
  • Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
  • The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales