II
Robert was scarcely asleep before he dreamed that he was in charge of all the garbage collectors in the city, and that he needed a new collector for a certain ward.
“Two applicants are waiting to see you, sir,” said his office boy; and Robert stepped out to see them.
One of the applicants was a strong young man, and the other was an enormous fly!
In his dream this did not seem strange to Robert.
Turning toward the fly he asked, “Have you had experience in this line of work?”
“Yes, sir!” answered the fly. “Let me tell you what I did yesterday.
“I spent the night in a garbage can that some one had neglected to cover. I ate breakfast from some fruit on a fruit stand; stopped in the gutter to get a drink of water; then drank some milk off the edge of a milk bottle which was standing in a doorway; and had dessert off a baby’s cheek and mouth. See how experienced I am! You ought to give me the job, I think.”
“Oh, no,” cried Robert making a leap toward the fly. “Get out of here, you dirty—” but he never finished, for the leap he gave landed him down so heavily in bed that it woke him up.