One day during Tombstone’s boom times, a Gypsy came strolling into town with a bear on a leash. He announced to the gathering crowd that for only five dollars the miners could wrestle the bear and if they could put the bear on the ground they’d win twenty-five. The boys laid down their five dollar gold pieces and lined up awaiting their chance. The bear looked small but when he stood he was over 6' tall. The boys figured if they could get one of their arms around one of his legs the bear wou
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