Once upon a time, there was an islandwhere all the feelings lived:Happiness,Sadness, Knowledge, and all of theothers, including Love. One day it wasannounced to the feelings that theisland would sink, so all constructedboats and left. Except for Love.Love was the only one who stayed. Lovewanted to hold out until the lastpossible moment.
When the island had almost sunk, Lovedecided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by Love in a grandboat. Love said,"Richness, can you takeme with you?" Richness answered, "No, Ican't. There is a lot of gold andsilverin my boat. There is no place here foryou."
Love decided to ask Vanity who was alsopassing by in a beautiful vessel."Vanity, please help me!" "I can't helpyou, Love. You are all wet and mightdamage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked,"Sadness, let me go withyou." "Oh . . .Love, I am so sad that I need to be bymyself!"
Happiness passed by Love, too, but shewas so happy that she did not even hearwhen Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come,Love, I will take you." It was anelder.So blessed and overjoyed, Love evenforgot to ask the elder where they weregoing. When they arrived at dry land,the elder went her own way. Realizinghow much was owed the elder,Love askedKnowledge, another elder,"Who Helped me?" "It was Time,"Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Timehelp me?" Knowledge smiled with deepwisdom and answered,"Because only Time is capable ofunderstanding how valuable Love is."