Title: The Dog And The Physician
Author: Ambrose Bierce
A Dog that had seen a Physician attending the burial of a wealthy patient, said: "When do you expect to dig it up?"
"Why should I dig it up?" the Physician asked.
"When I bury a bone," said the Dog, "it is with an intention to uncover it later and pick it."
"The bones that I bury," said the Physician, "are those that I can no longer pick."
[The end]
Ambrose Bierce's short story: The Dog And The Physician
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