An Optimist

by Ambrose Bierce

　　Two Frogs in the belly of a snake were considering their altered circumstances."This is pretty hard luck," said one."Don't jump to conclusions," the other said; "we are out of the wet and provided with board and lodging.""With lodging, certainly," said the First Frog; "but I don't see the board.""You are a croaker," the other explained. "We are ourselves the board."