Time stretches and bends as a man is hanged at Owl Creek Bridge. This is the original Ambrose Bierce story—only difficult vocabulary has been updated. End notes, interpretation, and discussion of themes follow the text. Biographical information on Ambrose Bierce included. AR Accelerated Reader Quiz No. 7928 EN Fiction IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1.0. For other classic short stories in easy to understand updated English search for “Simplified for Modern Readers Series.”