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Once upon a time, there was an island where all thefeelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all ofthe others, including Love. One day it was announced tothe feelings that the island would sink, so all constructedboats and left. Except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to holdout until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to askfor 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 andsilver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in abeautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damagemy boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let mego with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happythat she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will takeyou." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Loveeven forgot to ask the elder where they were going. Whenthey arrived at dry land, 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 of understanding how valuable Love is."