爱与时间

Once upon a time， there was an island where all the feelings lived： Happiness， Sadness， Knowledge， and all of the others， including Love.

One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink， so all constructed[建构] boats and left. Except Love. Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk， Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said， “Richness， can you take me with you？” Richness answered， “No， I cant. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.” Love decided to ask Vanity[虚荣] who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel[船]. “Vanity， please help me！” “I cant help you， Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat，” Vanity answered. Sadness was close by， so Love asked， “Sadness， let me go with you” “Oh… Love， I am so sad that I need to be by myself！” Happiness passed by Love， too. But she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her. Suddenly， there was a voice， “Come， Love， I will take you.” It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed， Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land， the elder went his own way. Realizing how much she was owed to the elder， Love asked Knowledge， another elder， “Who helped me？” “It was Time，” Knowledge answered. “Time？” asked Love. “But why did Time help me？” Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered， “Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.”

从前，在一个岛上，住着所有的情感：幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其他的感情，包括爱。

一天，有人通知那些情感，小岛即将沉没，于是除了爱以外的所有情感都造船离岛了。爱是唯一一个留下的。爱想要坚持到最后一刻。

小岛就要沉没的时候，爱决定寻求帮助。财富乘着一艘华丽的船从爱的身边经过。爱说：“财富，你能带上我吗？”财富回答说：“不，不行，我的船上载满金银财宝，你来了没有地方待。”虚荣坐在漂亮的小船中从爱的身边驶过，爱决定去求一求虚荣。“虚荣，请帮帮我！” “我爱莫能助。爱，你浑身湿透，会弄脏我的船。”虚荣回答。悲哀就在旁边，于是爱问道：“悲哀，请带我走吧。”“哦……爱，我太难过了，我需要独自待会儿！”幸福也经过爱的身边，但她太开心了，根本没听见爱在呼唤。突然，有一个声音说道：“来，爱，我带你走。” 声音来自一位长者。爱太高兴了，太喜出望外了，甚至忘了问他们即将去哪儿。到达陆地后，长者继续赶路了。爱非常感激他，她觉着自己欠长者一个人情，便问知识——另一位老者： “帮我的那个人是谁呀？”“是时间。”知识回答。“时间？”爱问道，“但是，时间为什么帮助我呢？”深邃而睿智的知识微笑着回答：“因为只有时间才能够理解爱有多么宝贵。”