「雙語」愛與時間的故事 Love and The Time Story

愛與時間的故事

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.

從前，有一座島，島上住著所有的情感：幸福、悲傷、知識和所有其他的情感，包括愛。有一天，情感們聽到消息說小島要沉沒了，所有人都造船離開了。除了愛。

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.

只有愛留下來。愛想堅持到最后一刻。當小島快要沉沒時，愛決定尋求幫助。

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”

財富在一艘大船上經(jīng)過愛。愛說：“財富，你能帶我一起走嗎?“

Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”

財富回答說：“不，我不能。我的船上有很多金銀財寶。這里沒有你的地方。”

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. “Vanity, please help me!”

愛決定問坐在漂亮的船上經(jīng)過的虛榮。“虛榮，請幫幫我吧!”

“I can’t help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,” Vanity answered.

“我?guī)筒涣四悖H愛的。你全身都濕了，可能會弄壞我的船。”虛榮回答。

Sadness also passed close by, so Love asked, “Sadness, let me go with you.”

悲傷也從身邊經(jīng)過，于是愛問：“悲傷，讓我和你一起走吧。”

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

“哦。…愛，我太傷心了，我需要一個人呆著!“

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

幸福也從愛身邊走過，但她太幸福了，甚至連愛叫她的時候都沒聽見。

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

突然，有一個聲音，“來吧，親愛的，我?guī)阕摺?rdquo;是一個長者。

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 owed to the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”

愛高興極了，甚至忘了問長者他們要去哪里。當他們到達陸地時，長者走了他自己的路。愛意識到自己對老者的感激之情，于是問另一位長者知識：“是誰幫助了我?“

“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。“但時間為什么幫助我?“

Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is.”

知識以深邃的智慧微笑著回答：“因為只有時間才能理解愛的價值。”