有关“爱”的英文故事
Love and Time (爱与时间)
Once upon a time, there as an island here all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knoledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it as announced to the feelings that the island ould sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.
Love as the only one ho stayed. Love anted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness as passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,
Richness, can you take me ith you?
Richness ansered, No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.
Love decided to ask Vanity ho as also passing by in a beautiful vessel. Vanity, please help me!
I can't help you, Love. You are all et and might damage my boat, Vanity ansered.
Sadness as close by so Love asked, Sadness, let me go ith you.
Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she as so happy that she did not even hear hen Love called her.
Suddenly, there as a voice, Come, Love, I ill take you. It as an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even fot to ask the elder here they ere going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder ent her on ay. Realizing ho much as oed the elder, Love asked Knoledge, another elder, Who Helped me?
It as Time, Knoledge ansered.
Time? asked Love. But hy did Time help me?
Knoledge smiled ith deep isdom and ansered, Because only Time is capable of understanding ho valuable Love is.
爱与时间
从前,一个小岛上驻扎着林林总总各种感情,有幸福、悲伤、知识等等,还有爱。有一天,感情们接到通知说,小岛马上就要下沉,于是纷纷造船逃离。惟有爱无动于衷。
爱是唯一准备留下来的。
小岛快要沉没时,爱禁不住求救起来。
富有驾驶一艘豪轮经过,爱肯请道
“富有,带上我吧。”
“不成,不成,”富有说,“我船上载满了金银财宝,哪容得下你。”
虚荣乘着漂亮的小船经过,爱前往求助,“虚荣,帮帮我吧!”
“我没法帮你呀,爱,你看你,全身透湿,会把我的船弄坏的。”虚荣说。
悲伤打爱身边经过,爱赶紧叫住他,“我跟你一快走吧。” “哎呀,爱,真对不起,我好悲伤,我想一个人待着!”
幸福从爱身边经过,正沉浸于自己的快乐呢,根本没听见爱的呼唤。
突然,一个声音响起来,“来吧,爱,我带你一起走。”原来是一个长者。爱高兴极了,竟然忘了问她他们这是去哪。到达一片干燥的陆地后,长者自顾走了。爱意识到自己实在需要对她感恩戴德,于是去问另一位长者知识,“是谁帮了我?”
“是时间。”知识回答说。
“时间?可时间为什么要帮我呢?”
知识意味深长地笑着说,“因为只有时间能理解爱的价值