Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce

157 - The Fugitive Office

The Eligible Son-in-Law - 159

The Tyrant Frog

A SNAKE swallowing a frog head-first was approached by a Naturalist with a stick.

"Ah, my deliverer," said the Snake as well as he could, "you have arrived just in time; this reptile, you see, is pitching into me without provocation."

"Sir," replied the Naturalist, "I need a snakeskin for my collection, but if you had not explained I should not have interrupted you, for I thought you were at dinner."

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157 - The Fugitive Office

The Eligible Son-in-Law - 159