“A Moral Principle met a Material Interest on a bridge wide enough for but one.” So begins Ambrose Bierce’s fable “The Moral Principle and the Material Interest.”

Most, if not all, of us are familiar with Aesop’s Fables. Fewer, if any, of us are familiar with the fables of Ambrose Bierce. One location at which you can read them is:

http://aesopfables.com/aesopab.html

In the wry style of Ambrose Bierce’s fables, write a new fable commenting on modern civilization. No other limitations.