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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 all of the feelings that the island was going to
sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the Feelings
prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one
that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island
paradise until the last possible moment. When the
island was almost totally under love decided it was
time to leave. She began looking for someone to ask
for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a grand
boat. Love asked, "Richness, Can I come with you on
your boat?" Richness answered, " I'm sorry, but there
is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would
be no room for you anywhere." Then Love decided to ask
Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful vessel.
Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I can't
help you", Vanity >said, " You are all wet and will
damage my beautiful boat."
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Next, Love saw Sadness
assing by. Love said, " Sadness, please let me go with
you." Sadness answered, "Love, I'm sorry, but, I just
need to be alone now."
Then, Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, " Happiness, please take me with you." But
Happiness was so overjoyed that he didn't hear Love
calling to him. Love began to cry. Then, she heard a
voice say, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It
was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that
she forgot to ask the elder his name. When they
arrived on land the elder went on his way. Love
realized how much she owed the elder. Love then found
Knowledge and asked, "Who was it that helped me?"
"It was Time", Knowledge answered. "But why did
Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked.
Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity,
answered, "Because only Time is capable of
understanding how great Love is."
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