My Gift to You

One day, the famous surrealist painter Salvador Dalí walked into a New York bookstore and asked for a copy of his own autobiography, The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí. The young clerk immediately recognized the flamboyant artist and quickly retrieved the book, carefully beginning to wrap it up.

“Have you read it?” Dalí asked, peering at the clerk.

“No, I’m afraid not,” the young man admitted as he handed…