A BAD DREAM

JEMIMA WAS TAKING AN AFTERNOON NAP

ON NEW YEAR'S EVE BEFORE THE FESTIVITIES.

AFTER SHE WOKE UP,

SHE CONFIDED TO MAX, HER HUSBAND,

'I JUST DREAMED THAT YOU GAVE ME A

DIAMOND RING FOR A NEW YEAR'S PRESENT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT ALL MEANS?'

'AHA, YOU'LL KNOW TONIGHT,'

ANSWERED MAX SMILING BROADLY.

AT MIDNIGHT, AS THE NEW YEAR WAS

CHIMING, MAX APPROACHED JEMIMA

AND HANDED HER SMALL PACKAGE. 

DELIGHTED AND EXCITED SHE OPENED

IT QUICKLY. THERE IN HER HAND

RESTED A BOOK ENTITLED:

'THE MEANING OF DREAMS'.