Love And The Time Story

曾榮

Once upon a time， there was an island where all the feelings lived： Happiness， Sadness， Vanity （虛榮心）， and all of the others， including Love. Knowledge， Richness and Time also lived there. One day it was announced that the island would sink， so all built boats and left except for 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 big 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 who was also passing by in a beautiful boat. “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 （長(zhǎng)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 he 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 able to understand how valuable Love is.”

1. Question： How many feelings are mentioned （提到） in the story？ What are they？

2. Mixed-up Sentence Exercise（單詞組句）：

1） hold out the wanted to last Love possible until moment

2）that Love did she happy not she even was so hear

答案：1. Four. They are Happiness， Sadness， Vanity and Love. 2. 1） Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.2） She was so happy that she did not even hear Love.