By Ambrose Bierce
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As he swam, the soldiers fired their rifles. Then they fired their cannon at him. But nothing hit him. Then, suddenly, he could not swim. He was caught in strong, spinning water, which kept turning him around and around. This was the end, he thought. Then, just as suddenly as it had caught him, the spinning water lifted him and threw him out of the river. He was on land!

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