Life’S Gifts

I saw a woman sleeping. In her sleep she dreamt Life stood before her,

and held in each hand a gift--in the one Love, in the other Freedom. And

she said to the woman, “Choose!”

And the woman waited long: and she said, “Freedom!”

And Life said, “Thou hast well chosen. If thou hadst said, ‘Love,’ I

would have given thee that thou didst ask for; and I would have gone

from thee, and returned to thee no more. Now, the day will come when I

shall return. In that day I shall bear both gifts in one hand.”

I heard the woman laugh in her sleep.

London.