Two men, both seriously ill, were in the same hospital room. One man was allowed to _36_ up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was _37_ the room’s only window. The other man on the other side of the room had to _38_ all his time lying on his back in bed.
Every afternoon when the man by the window could sit up he _39_ pass the time by describing to his _40_ all the things he could see outside the window. “The window overlooks a _41_ with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans play on the water _42_ children sail their model boats. Young lovers walk _43_ among flowers of every colour. Grand old trees grace(装扮) the landscape, and a fine _44_ of the city skyline can be seen in the distance.” As the man by the window _45_ all this in detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and _46_ the scene.
Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse came only to find the man by the window had died _47_ in his sleep. When the man’s body was _48_, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the _49_. The nurse agreed and after making sure he was _50_, she left. Slowly and painfully, the man raised himself _51_ to take his first look at the _52_ world outside by himself. But to his _53_, he found it faced nothing _54_ a blank wall.
In fact, the man by the window was _55_ and could not even see the wall. He just wanted to encourage his roommate.
