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寓言故事|The Thistles upon the Grave

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A MIND Reader made a wager1 that he would be buried alive and remain
so for six months, then be dug up alive. In order to secure the
grave against secret disturbance2, it was sown with thistles. At
the end of three months, the Mind Reader lost his money. He had
come up to eat the thistles.


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