It was late in the afternoon , a man stood by the roadside , he stood back in the shadow of some acacia trees, a passer by asked the man "are you waiting for someone or something" ? , the stranger paused for a moment ,then replied " i wait for nothing and no one and then, i will have little disappointment''
Later that afternoon the man called at the house of an old lady , the lady was asleep in a chair in front of the fire dreaming of how things used to be long ago , the man knocked on the door of the old ladies house , she awoke startled , for a few minutes she wasn't really sure where she was.
Eventually she regained her senses took a deep breath and walked over to the door , she reached for the handle ,and at that very moment there was another knock on the door , the old lady was startled and jumped back ! she eventually plucked up courage and again reached for the handle of the door.
On opening the door she was greeted by a rather large man dressed in unusual clothes , he wore a long black dress coat and a large hat that threw a shadow over his face , there was absolute silence , not even the birds sang , "can i help you" said the old lady.
The man didn't immediately reply , the old lady felt ill at ease and was about to close the door when the stranger said "i would like to make a trade with you", the old lady was confused and at the same time curious , "i have nothing to trade" said the lady ,"oh! indeed you have" replied the stranger.
In a quite and mystical way he said "would you trade your dreams "?, "how could i do that , and for what purpose" , she replied , the stranger went on to say "you were dreaming of the past and how things used to be when i knocked upon your door , were you not?" , "how could you now that ?" she said.
The stranger raised his head ," you are now old and all you have is dreams of the past , i am here to offer you immortality , you can re-live those dreams forever , and all i ask in return , is your soul and that you belong to me , always".
When the moon's in the sky tonight , you shall have immortality !
