Fantastic Fables

by Ambrose Bierce


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The Ineffective Rooter


A DRUNKEN Man was lying in the road with a bleeding nose, upon which he had fallen, when a Pig passed that way.

"You wallow fairly well," said the Pig, "but, my fine fellow, you have much to learn about rooting."

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