Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce

49 - The Two Poets

The Shadow of the Leader - 51

The Thistles upon the Grave

A MIND Reader made a wager that he would be buried alive and remain so for six months, then be dug up alive. In order to secure the grave against secret disturbance, it was sown with thistles. At the end of three months, the Mind Reader lost his money. He had come up to eat the thistles.

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49 - The Two Poets

The Shadow of the Leader - 51