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　　：愛和時間

　　Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived:

　　從前，有一個島嶼上住著所有的感情：

　　Happiness,Sadness, Knowledge,and all of the others, including Love.

　　快樂，悲傷，知識，還有包括愛在內的所有其他所有情感。

　　One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink,

　　一天他們得到訊息說這個島嶼將要沉沒，

　　so all constructed boats and left. Except for love.

　　除了愛以外，他們都修建了船隻，打算離開。

　　Love was the only one who stayed.

　　只有愛無動於衷，

　　Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

　　她想在最後一刻才離開

　　When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

　　當島嶼幾乎沉沒的時候愛決定尋求幫助。

　　Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat.

　　富裕乘著一艘巨輪從愛身旁經過，

　　Love said,"Richness, can you take me with you?"

　　愛問:"富裕，你能帶上我嗎?"

　　Richness answered,"No,I can't.There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.

　　富裕回答說:"不行，我的船上有很多金銀珠寶

　　There is no place here for you."

　　沒地方留給你了。"

　　Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel.

　　愛決定求助於空虛，他正坐在一艘漂亮的船上。

　　"Vanity,please help me!"

　　"空虛，請幫幫我。"

　　"I can't help you, Love.You are all wet and might damage my boat,Vanity answered

　　"我幫不了你，愛，你全身溼淋淋的會毀了我的船的。"空虛回答說。

　　Sadness was close by so Love asked,"Sadness,let me go with you."

　　悲傷走了過來，於是愛問:"悲傷，讓我和你一塊走吧?"

　　"Oh...Love,I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

　　"噢......愛，我很難過想一個人呆著!"

　　Happiness passed by Love,too,

　　快樂也從愛身邊經過，

　　but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

　　她太高興了竟然沒有聽到愛叫她。

　　Suddenly,there was a voice,"Come,Love, I will take you." It was an elder.

　　忽然，傳來一個聲音:來吧，愛，我載你。"是位老人。

　　So blessed and overjoyed,

　　愛是那麼欣喜若狂，

　　Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going.

　　竟忘記了問老人他們要去哪兒。

　　When they arrived at dry land,the elder went her own way.

　　到了一塊乾地後，老人放下愛獨自走了。

　　Realizing how much was owed the elder,

　　意識到自己虧欠老人很多時，

　　Love asked Knowledge another elder,"Who helped me?

　　愛問另一位叫知識的老人:"幫我的是誰?"

　　"It was Time." Knowledge answered.

　　"是時間。"知識回答。

　　"Time?"asked Love."But why did Time help me?"

　　"時間?"愛問，"為什麼時間要幫我?"

　　Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered,

　　知識意味深長地笑笑說:

　　"Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

　　"因為只有時間才懂得愛有多麼珍貴。"

　　：玫瑰

　　There was once a poor woman who had two children.

　　從前有個貧窮的婦女，她有倆個孩子。

　　The youngest had to go into the forest every day to fetch wood.

　　小女兒天天要進森林去拾柴。

　　Once when she had gone a long way to find it,

　　有一回她走了好長一段路尋找柴火，

　　a little child,who was quite strong,

　　一個十分壯實的小男孩

　　came and helped her industriously to pick up the wood and carry it home,

　　過來相助，勤快地拾撿柴火。還幫她揹回家。

　　and then before a moment had passed the strange child disappeared.

　　然後轉眼工夫，這個陌生的小男孩突然消失了。

　　The child told her mother this,but at first she would not believe it.

　　小女孩把這一切告訴了媽媽，可是媽媽起先還不肯相信。

　　One day she brought a rose home,

　　後來她又帶了一朵玫瑰回家，

　　and told her mother that the beautiful child had given it to her,

　　告訴媽媽這朵美麗的玫瑰是那位美少年送給她的，

　　and told her that when it was in full bloom,he would return.

　　還對她說，等到花兒盛開的時候，他就會回來。

　　The mother put the rose in water.

　　媽媽便把玫瑰養在水裡。

　　One morning the child did not get out of bed.

　　一天早上小女兒沒有起床。

　　The mother went to the bed and found her dead,but she looked very happy.

　　媽媽走到床邊發現她已經死了，可是她躺在那裡看上去很幸福。

　　On the same morning, the rose was in full bloom.

　　也就在這天早上，那朵玫瑰綻放了。