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Fantastic Fables

by Ambrose Bierce

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  1. 1Epigraph — The Moral Principle and the Material Interest
  2. 2The Crimson Candle
  3. 3The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine
  4. 4The Ingenious Patriot
  5. 5Two Kings
  6. 6An Officer and a Thug
  7. 7The Conscientious Official
  8. 8How Leisure Came
  9. 9The Moral Sentiment
  10. 10The Politicians
  11. 11The Thoughtful Warden
  12. 12The Treasury and the Arms
  13. 13The Christian Serpent
  14. 14The Broom of the Temple
  15. 15The Critics
  16. 16The Foolish Woman
  17. 17Father and Son
  18. 18The Discontented Malefactor
  19. 19A Call to Quit
  20. 20The Man and the Lightning
  21. 21The Lassoed Bear
  22. 22The Ineffective Rooter
  23. 23A Protagonist of Silver
  24. 24The Holy Deacon
  25. 25A Hasty Settlement
  26. 26The Wooden Guns
  27. 27The Reform School Board
  28. 28The Poet’s Doom
  29. 29The Noser and the Note
  30. 30The Cat and the King
  31. 31The Literary Astronomer
  32. 32The Lion and the Rattlesnake
  33. 33The Man With No Enemies
  34. 34The Alderman and the Raccoon
  35. 35The Flying-Machine
  36. 36The Angel’s Tear
  37. 37The City of Political Distinction
  38. 38The Party Over There
  39. 39The Poetess of Reform
  40. 40The Unchanged Diplomatist
  41. 41An Invitation
  42. 42The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky
  43. 43The Opossum of the Future
  44. 44The Life-Savers
  45. 45The Australian Grasshopper
  46. 46The Pavior
  47. 47The Tried Assassin
  48. 48The Bumbo of Jiam
  49. 49The Two Poets
  50. 50The Thistles Upon the Grave
  51. 51The Shadow of the Leader
  52. 52The Sagacious Rat
  53. 53The Member and the Soap
  54. 54Alarm and Pride
  55. 55A Causeway
  56. 56Two in Trouble
  57. 57The Witch’s Steed
  58. 58The All Dog
  59. 59The Farmer’s Friend
  60. 60Physicians Two
  61. 61The Overlooked Factor
  62. 62A Racial Parallel
  63. 63The Honest Cadi
  64. 64The Kangaroo and the Zebra
  65. 65A Matter of Method
  66. 66The Man of Principle
  67. 67The Returned Californian
  68. 68The Compassionate Physician
  69. 69Two of the Damned
  70. 70The Austere Governor
  71. 71Religions of Error
  72. 72The Penitent Elector
  73. 73The Tail of the Sphinx
  74. 74A Prophet of Evil
  75. 75The Crew of the Life-boat
  76. 76A Treaty of Peace
  77. 77The Nightside of Character
  78. 78The Faithful Cashier
  79. 79The Circular Clew
  80. 80The Devoted Widow
  81. 81The Hardy Patriots
  82. 82The Humble Peasant
  83. 83The Various Delegation
  84. 84The No Case
  85. 85A Harmless Visitor
  86. 86The Judge and the Rash Act
  87. 87The Prerogative of Might
  88. 88An Inflated Ambition
  89. 89Rejected Services
  90. 90The Power of the Scalawag
  91. 91At Large — One Temper
  92. 92The Seeker and the Sought
  93. 93His Fly-Speck Majesty
  94. 94The Pugilist’s Diet
  95. 95The Old Man and the Pupil
  96. 96The Deceased and His Heirs
  97. 97The Politicians and the Plunder
  98. 98The Man and the Wart
  99. 99The Divided Delegation
  100. 100A Forfeited Right
  101. 101Revenge
  102. 102An Optimist
  103. 103A Valuable Suggestion
  104. 104Two Footpads
  105. 105Equipped for Service
  106. 106The Basking Cyclone
  107. 107At the Pole
  108. 108The Optimist and the Cynic
  109. 109The Poet and the Editor
  110. 110The Taken Hand
  111. 111An Unspeakable Imbecile
  112. 112A Needful War
  113. 113The Mine Owner and the Jackass
  114. 114The Dog and the Physician
  115. 115The Party Manager and the Gentleman
  116. 116The Legislator and the Citizen
  117. 117The Rainmaker
  118. 118The Citizen and the Snakes
  119. 119Fortune and the Fabulist
  120. 120A Smiling Idol
  121. 121Philosophers Three
  122. 122The Boneless King
  123. 123Uncalculating Zeal
  124. 124A Transposition
  125. 125The Honest Citizen
  126. 126A Creaking Tail
  127. 127Wasted Sweets
  128. 128Six and One
  129. 129The Sportsman and the Squirrel
  130. 130The Fogy and the Sheik
  131. 131At Heaven’s Gate
  132. 132The Catted Anarchist
  133. 133The Honourable Member
  134. 134The Expatriated Boss
  135. 135An Inadequate Fee
  136. 136The Judge and the Plaintiff
  137. 137The Return of the Representative
  138. 138A Statesman
  139. 139Two Dogs
  140. 140Three Recruits
  141. 141The Mirror
  142. 142Saint and Sinner
  143. 143An Antidote
  144. 144A Weary Echo
  145. 145The Ingenious Blackmailer
  146. 146A Talisman
  147. 147The Ancient Order
  148. 148A Fatal Disorder
  149. 149The Massacre
  150. 150A Ship and a Man
  151. 151Congress and the People
  152. 152The Justice and His Accuser
  153. 153The Highwayman and the Traveller
  154. 154The Policeman and the Citizen
  155. 155The Writer and the Tramps
  156. 156Two Politicians
  157. 157The Fugitive Office
  158. 158The Tyrant Frog
  159. 159The Eligible Son-in-Law
  160. 160The Statesman and the Horse
  161. 161An Ærophobe
  162. 162The Thrift of Strength
  163. 163The Good Government
  164. 164The Life Saver
  165. 165The Man and the Bird
  166. 166From the Minutes
  167. 167Three of a Kind
  168. 168The Fabulist and the Animals
  169. 169A Revivalist Revived
  170. 170The Debaters
  171. 171Two of the Pious
  172. 172The Desperate Object
  173. 173The Appropriate Memorial
  174. 174A Needless Labour
  175. 175A Flourishing Industry
  176. 176The Self-Made Monkey
  177. 177The Patriot and the Banker
  178. 178The Mourning Brothers
  179. 179The Disinterested Arbiter
  180. 180The Thief and the Honest Man
  181. 181The Dutiful Son
  182. 182Aesopus Emendatus
  183. 183Old Saws With New Teeth — Certain Ancient Fables Applied to the Lif…

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