Two men were seriously ill. They li

Two men were seriously ill. They lived in the same room in the hospital. One of them was lying in the bed near the window. Every day he spent some time sitting up in his bed. The other man was forced to spend all his days lying on the bed. Every time, when the first man was sitting by the window, he described all that he saw outside the window. “There is a lovely lake in the park. Ducks and swans are playing on the water while children are sailing their model boats. The young lovers are walking in the garden full of colourful flowers.” Every time his roommate would close his eyes and imagine all the beautiful scenes of life that were told to him. One night, the first man died peacefully and his roommate was very sad. After some time, he asked the nurse to move him next to the window. The man slowly sat up on his bed and took the first look at the world outside. He was surprised the window faced a blank wall. Then he told the nurse about what his roommate had done. However, the nurse replied that his roommate was a blind man.