During the night, a father goes into his son's room to wish him goodnight and finds that his son is having a nightmare. The man wakes his son and asks if he is OK? The son replies he is scared because he dreamt that Auntie Susie had died, so the father assures the son that Auntie Susie is fine and sends him to bed. The next day, Auntie Susie dies.

One week later, the man once again goes into his son's room to wish him goodnight. His son is having another nightmare, so the man again wakes his son. This time the son says that he had a dream that his grandfather had died. The father assures the son that his grandfather is fine and sends him to bed. The next day, the grandfather dies.

One week later, the man again goes into his son's room again to wish him goodnight. His son is having another nightmare, so the man once again wakes his son. This time, the son says that he had a dream that daddy had died. The father assures the son that he is OK and sends the boy to bed. The man goes to bed but cannot sleep because he is so terrified. The next day, the man is scared for his life and so sure that he is going to die.

After dressing he drives very cautiously to work fearful of a collision. He doesn't eat lunch because he is scared of food poisoning. He avoids everyone for he is sure he will somehow be killed. He jumps at every noise, starts at every movement and hides under his desk.

Upon walking in his front door at the end of the day, he finds his wife. "Good God, Dear," he proclaims, "I've just had the worst day of my entire life!"

She responds, "You think your day was bad? The milkman dropped dead on the doorstep this morning!"