Every weekend, a rich man went to a big hotel with his family. Every time he went to the hotel, he always saw a poor man sitting on the bench (长椅) across from the hotel, looking at the hotel.
The rich man was curious about the poor man. He asked the poor man one day, "Excuse me, but I just want to know why you always sit here looking at the hotel."
"Sir (先生)," the poor man said,"I've no home. Every night I sleep on the bench and dream that one day I will sleep in that hotel."
"That's simple. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month. Tonight your dream will come true," said the rich man.
A week later, the rich man went to the hotel again. He thought that the poor man would be very happy about his new home. However, when he went to the hotel, he found that the poor man was still sleeping on the bench at night.
"Oh! Why don't you live in the hotel?" asked the rich man.
"You see, when I'm down here sleeping on the bench, I always dream of sleeping in the hotel. But when I was up there in the hotel, I dreamed that I was back here on this old bench. I could not sleep at all!" said the poor man.