精选双语散文：爱和时间

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　　精选双语散文：爱和时间

　　Once upon a time, there was an island where all thefeelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, andall of the others, including Love. One day it wasannounced to the feelings that the island wouldsink, so all constructed boats and left. Except forLove.

　　Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted tohold out until the last possible moment.

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

　　Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,

　　"Richness, can you take me with you?"

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

　　Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please helpme!"

　　"I can't 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!"

精选双语散文：爱和时间

　　Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Lovecalled her.

　　Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed andoverjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dryland, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed 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 ofunderstanding how valuable Love is."

　　散文翻译：

　　从前有一个岛，所有的情感都住在那里：幸福、悲伤、知识和所有其它的，爱也不例外。一天，所有的情感听说小岛即将沉没，因此建造小船，纷纷离开，除了爱。

　　爱是唯一留下来的，因为它希望能坚持到最后一刻。

　　小岛即将沉没了，爱决定请求帮助。

　　富有驾着一艘大船从爱身边经过，爱说，

　　“富有，你能带上我么?”

　　富有回答说：“不行，我的船上载满金银财宝，没有你的地方。”

　　虚荣坐在漂亮的小船中从爱身边驶过，爱问：“虚荣，你能帮助我么?”