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Fantastic Fables
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The Man and the Dog
A MAN who had been bitten by a Dog was told that the wound would heal if he would dip a piece of bread in the blood and give it to the Dog. He did so.
"No," said the Dog; "if I were to accept that, it might be thought that in biting you I was actuated by improper motives."
"And by what motives were you actuated?" asked the Man.
"I desired," replied the Dog, "merely to harmonise myself with the Divine Scheme of Things. I’m a child of Nature."
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Chicago:
Ambrose Bierce, "The Man and the Dog," Fantastic Fables in Fantastic Fables (New York: The Century Co., 1899), Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=859JC55DUCFDAU4.
MLA:
Bierce, Ambrose. "The Man and the Dog." Fantastic Fables, in Fantastic Fables, New York, The Century Co., 1899, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=859JC55DUCFDAU4.
Harvard:
Bierce, A, 'The Man and the Dog' in Fantastic Fables. cited in 1899, Fantastic Fables, The Century Co., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=859JC55DUCFDAU4.
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