The Wolf and the Ostrich

Name: Fantastic Fables - The Wolf and the Ostrich
Author: Ambrose Bierce

A WOLF, who in devouring a man had choked himself with a bunch of keys, asked an ostrich to put her head down his throat and pull them out, which she did.

"I suppose," said the Wolf, "you expect payment for that service."

"A kind act," replied the Ostrich, "is its own reward; I have eaten the keys."

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Chicago: Ambrose Bierce, "The Wolf and the Ostrich," Fantastic Fables in Fantastic Fables (New York: The Century Co., 1899), Original Sources, accessed July 13, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L4W8YUW2BGYRT48.

MLA: Bierce, Ambrose. "The Wolf and the Ostrich." Fantastic Fables, in Fantastic Fables, New York, The Century Co., 1899, Original Sources. 13 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L4W8YUW2BGYRT48.

Harvard: Bierce, A, 'The Wolf and the Ostrich' in Fantastic Fables. cited in 1899, Fantastic Fables, The Century Co., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 13 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L4W8YUW2BGYRT48.