The good old man sat on the chair,
watching the children play.
He smiled as they ran, tumbled and
laughed, carefree and happy.
He remembered a time when he was
like that, when the world was
full of prospects and possibilities and
nothing could go wrong.

But that was a very long time ago. Now,
he was senile, tired and old,
and the world seemed to be a much
gloomy place. He had seen too
much...