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Ambrose Bierce’s, The Hares and the Frogs*

Posted on March 21, 2026 by John Lubans

The Members of a Legislature, being told that they were the meanest thieves in the world, resolved to commit suicide. So they bought shrouds, and laying them in a convenient place prepared to cut their throats.  While they were grinding their razors some Tramps passing that way stole the shrouds. “Let us live, my friends,”…

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