the hospital window
there were two men both seriously ill
Who shared the
same hospital room.
one man got
aseat next to the room's
only window. the
man was also allowed
to
sit up in
his bed for an hour each after
noon to help
him drain fluids
from his
lungs, the
other man had to
spend all
his time
lying flat on his back
the two roommates fuickly bonded and started
talking
for hours on end. they talked about
there
lives their job.
Children and wives.
one
day the man on the
other side of
the
Window
. expressed how
he envied the man
near the window
. from that day
the man wear
the window
started describing all the
things he
could see outside the window.
the Windows overlooked alover's rack with Blake. DUCKS
Played on the
lake while Childrensaed their model
boats. Young
lover's walked arm in
arm amidst flowe
is every color
and atine view of the
city sky
line could
be seen in the distance, the manon
.
the other bed began
to live for those one
hour where he could hear
and Visualize
the world out side the hospital
room.
The one hour of every day would broaden broadened his world and enlivened by all the activity
and color of the world outside.
One fine afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other
man could not hear the band, he could visualize it as the man by the window vividly described.
Days and weeks passed by.
One morning, a nurse arrived to examine the condition of the two patients. She found the lifeless
body of the man by the window. The man had peacefully embraced his death on his sleep. The
nurse sadly called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
The other man grieved the death of his roommate. But, as the day passed by he started missing
the way his roommate described the view out of the window. In a hope to have a peek out of the
window and the beautiful world outside, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the
window. The nurse happily made the switch. As soon as he was comfortable in his new bed, the
man slowly and painfully propped himself to take his first look at the world outside. The nurse
delightfully watched as the man attempted to sit on the bed after weeks. But as he strained to
slowly turn to look out of the window beside him. He was stunned to see a blank wall outside the
window. The agitate man asked the nurse what could have made his roommate to lie about the
view outside the window.
"There is nothing to see from here. Where are all the wonderful things he saw? He described
everything so vividly. Is
this a new and recent wall? Why did he give me such vivid details that
don't exist?" He asked
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