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Title: The Farmer And The Fox Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce] A Farmer who had a deadly and implacable hatred against a certain Fox, caught him and tied some tow to his tail; then carrying him to the centre of his own grain-field, set the tow on fire and let the animal go. "Alas!" said the Farmer, seeing the result; "if that grain had not been heavily insured, I might have had to dissemble my hatred of the Fox." [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |