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Polaris, v. 2, issue 2, June 1941

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Ira; and supposing he came he some day, it was not at all certain he would know her again if she were a water lily.
   The angel showed her other lakes on which white and red boats were sailing about with gaily-dressed people on board playing on musical instruments. And she saw a large garden in which young men and women were dancing and gazing at one another with enamored glances. They were couples who had been separated on earth, and came together here; and the girls who had been plain and deformed on earth were the most beautiful of all here, so that they never sat out a single dance.
   Sara noticed the enthusiastic shouts of the dancers as the orchestra struck out with some red-hot licks and riffs. Upon her inquiry, the angel told her that the musicians were those who had like swing music on earth but who had never had a chance to perform it themselves. 
   The angel then asked Sara whether she would like to pass her time on board one of the sight-seeing boats, or become young and beautiful among those who danced. But Sara did not wish for either. And now too she remembered that the hay harvest would be going on down at the farm, and how would Ira ever be able to get in the hay all alone!
   Then Sara saw a great festival, where people sat eating and drinking at a richly spread table. Most of them had roses in their hair and were dressed in silk and velvet, and they leaned over to one another and drank toasts, and laughed so that they could be heard a long way off. The angel said that many of them had been poor on earth, and that a feast such as this had been their greatest wish, and so they were now having what they wanted. Then Sara saw another garden in which slender women were walking with knights in narrow, grassy paths, each couple hidden from the others by trees and bushes, and it was thus they would have it.
   The angel showed Sara a large gathering of men and women who were discussing complicated questions, adopting resolutions, and voting one another to the position of chairman; and he said that this was what these people had most desired on earth, and so they were allowed to amuse themselves in this way through all eternity. They looked exceedingly happy too, for their faces shown like little suns.
   Sara shook her head, however, saying that this was a thing she had never understood.
   Finally the angel showed her a garden in which a number of women were occupied in looking after little children. The angel said that some of these women had lost their children in life, but had found them again here, while others had longed for a child in life but had never had one, generally because they had not married; but here they had the children of which they had dreamed, and nursed them, and put them to sleep, and washed and dressed them,and had never dreamt there could be such happiness even in heaven.
   Sara thought, however, that when her own little boys were motherless on earth she could not bring herself to take charge of other people's children here.
   When at last the angel brought her back to the Almighty, he was obliged to say that Sara could not make up her mind to anything. "What!" exclaimed the Almighty. "Is there nothing in the whole kingdom of heaven that you think good enough?"
   Sara fell upon her knees and burst into tears. "Oh, it's not

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10 POLARIS Ira; and supposing he came he some day, it was not at all certain he would know her again if she were a water lily. The angel showed her other lakes on which white and red boats were sailing about with gaily-dressed people on board playing on musical instruments. And she saw a large garden in which young men and women were dancing and gazing at one another with enamored glances. They were couples who had been separated on earth, and came together here; and the girls who had been plain and deformed on earth were the most beautiful of all here, so that they never sat out a single dance. Sara noticed the enthusiastic shouts of the dancers as the orchestra struck out with some red-hot licks and riffs. Upon her inquiry, the angel told her that the musicians were those who had like swing music on earth but who had never had a chance to perform it themselves. The angel then asked Sara whether she would like to pass her time on board one of the sight-seeing boats, or become young and beautiful among those who danced. But Sara did not wish for either. And now too she remembered that the hay harvest would be going on down at the farm, and how would Ira ever be able to get in the hay all alone! Then Sara saw a great festival, where people sat eating and drinking at a richly spread table. Most of them had roses in their hair and were dressed in silk and velvet, and they leaned over to one another and drank toasts, and laughed so that they could be heard a long way off. The angel said that many of them had been poor on earth, and that a feast such as this had been their greatest wish, and so they were now having what they wanted. Then Sara saw another garden in which slender women were walking with knights in narrow, grassy paths, each couple hidden from the others by trees and bushes, and it was thus they would have it. The angel showed Sara a large gathering of men and women who were discussing complicated questions, adopting resolutions, and voting one another to the position of chairman; and he said that this was what these people had most desired on earth, and so they were allowed to amuse themselves in this way through all eternity. They looked exceedingly happy too, for their faces shown like little suns. Sara shook her head, however, saying that this was a thing she had never understood. Finally the angel showed her a garden in which a number of women were occupied in looking after little children. The angel said that some of these women had lost their children in life, but had found them again here, while others had longed for a child in life but had never had one, generally because they had not married; but here they had the children of which they had dreamed, and nursed them, and put them to sleep, and washed and dressed them,and had never dreamt there could be such happiness even in heaven. Sara thought, however, that when her own little boys were motherless on earth she could not bring herself to take charge of other people's children here. When at last the angel brought her back to the Almighty, he was obliged to say that Sara could not make up her mind to anything. "What!" exclaimed the Almighty. "Is there nothing in the whole kingdom of heaven that you think good enough?" Sara fell upon her knees and burst into tears. "Oh, it's not