The Night the Bed Fell is a short story written by American author, James Thurber. The story is a brief account of an event that took place at his house in Columbus, Ohio. It appears as chapter one of My Life and Hard Times.
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But that’s all done. It is what used to be....”
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Till Sir John fell to the ground,
And there was a knife in Sir Willie’s pouch,
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