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In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket,and said:Here are gifts. Take one, leave the others,And be wary,choose wisely!For only one of them is valuable. 在生命之初，一位仙女带着篮子走来，对一位年轻人说道：这里有几份礼物，你可以从中选一份，留下其它的。你要小心，做一个明智的选择;啊，你要明智地进行选择!因为这里面只有一份礼物是珍贵的。 The gifts were five: Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasure, Death.The youth, said, eagerly:There is no need to consider and he chose Pleasure. 一共有五份礼物：名声，爱情，财富，快乐，还有死亡。年轻人迫不及待地说：没有必要多想。他选了快乐。 He went out into the world and sought out the pleasures that youth delights in . But each in its turn was short-liyed and disappointing, vain and empty; and each, departing, mocked him .In the end he said:These years i have wasted.If i could but choose again, I would choose wisely. 此后他就开始步入世界，追逐年轻人所喜爱的快乐。然而每一种快乐都是如此短暂，令人感到空虚和失望。每当一种快乐弃他而去时，还要把他嘲弄一番。最后，年轻人感叹道：这些年我都浪费了。如果我可以再选一次，我一定会做一个明智的选择。 The fairy appeared, and said:Four of the gifts remain.choose once more: and oh, remember--time is flying, and only one of them is precious. | 
