The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water. While children floated their paper boats. A wonderful view of the skyline could be seen in the distance.
The man by the window told his friend all this in detail. The listener would close his eyes and see everything in his mind',s eye.
Days and weeks passed. One morning the doctor came to the room on his daily round. He found the lifeless body of the man by the window. He died peacefully in his sleep. The doctor made all the arrangements to take the body way.
The sad friend wanted to move to the empty bed next to be the window. The doctor allowed him.
On his new bed the man painfully propped himself up. He was very excited. He slowly looked through the window to see the real world outside. What did he see?