The Kangaroo and the Zebra

by Ambrose Bierce

　　A KANGAROO hopping awkwardly along with some bulky object concealed in her pouch met a Zebra, and desirous of keeping his attention upon himself, said:"Your costume looks as if you might have come out of the penitentiary.""Appearances are deceitful," replied the Zebra, smiling in the consciousness of a more insupportable wit, "or I should have to think that you had come out of the Legislature."