King Log and King Stork

THE People being dissatisfied with a Democratic Legislature, which
stole no more than they had, elected a Republican one, which not
only stole all they had but exacted a promissory note for the
balance due, secured by a mortgage upon their hope of death.

-THE END-
Ambrose Bierce's short story/fable: King Log and King Stork

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