The Man And The Viper

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Title:     The Man And The Viper
Author: Ambrose Bierce [More Titles by Bierce]

A Man finding a frozen Viper put it into his bosom.

"The coldness of the human heart," he said, with a grin, "will keep the creature in his present condition until I can reach home and revive him on the coals."

But the pleasures of hope so fired his heart that the Viper thawed, and sliding to the ground thanked the Man civilly for his hospitality and glided away.

[The end]
Ambrose Bierce's short story: The Man And The Viper

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