Four Fateful Fables For Today
August, 1963
Four Fateful Fables for TodayA Silent HeroOne Afternoon, when I looked out of the window, I saw a funeral moving down the street. A simple coffin on an austere hearse drawn only by one horse. Behind the hearse walked the widow, clad in black, and three other people, probably relatives or friends of the deceased.The modest cortege would not have attracted my attention were it not for the fact that the coffin was covered with a red banner bearing the inscription Three Cheers.Intrigued, I left my f...