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Coffin Under the Bed

Ilene H. Kingsbury

Salt Lake City, Utah: General Board of Relief Society, March 1961

  • Ilene H. Kingsbury: Author
Fiction, Short Story
Samuel, a carpenter, always valued coffins the most of any of his works. He didn't want his coffin to be a rushed affair, so he made one far in advance and stored it under his bed. However, every time a person in need came to him, he would give this prized possession away. As illness came upon Samuel, he lay in his bed with no coffin beneath him--he had given his most recent build away just one week earlier. The townsfolk all gathered together to Samuel the finest coffin around, and he ended up resting in a coffin not of his own making.
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BX 8605.1 .R28 vol.48 no.3
171-175
English

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Published in The Relief Society Magazine, volume 48, issue 3, pages 171-175, March 1961
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