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A short story by Ambrose Bierce

The Thistles Upon The Grave

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Title:     The Thistles Upon The Grave
Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce]

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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Ambrose Bierce's short story: The Thistles Upon The Grave

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