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A short story by Ambrose Bierce |
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The Dog And The Physician |
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Title: The Dog And The Physician Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] 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." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |