爱是什么？
一个精灵坐在碧绿的枝叶间沉思。
风而若有若无。
一只鸟儿飞过来，停在枝上，望着远处将要成熟的稻田。
精灵取出一束黄澄澄的稻谷问道：“你爱这稻谷吗？”
“爱。”
“为什么？”
“它驱赶我的饥饿。”
鸟儿啄完稻谷，轻轻梳理着光润的羽毛。
“现在你爱这稻谷吗？”精灵又取出一束黄澄澄的稻谷。
鸟儿抬头望着远处的一湾泉水回答：“现在我爱那一湾泉水，我有点渴了。”
精灵摘下一片树叶，里面盛了一汪泉水。
鸟儿喝完泉水，准备振翅飞去。
“请再回答我一个问题，”精灵伸出指尖，鸟儿停在上面。
“你要去做什么更重要的事吗？我这里又稻谷也有泉水。”
“我要去那片开着风信子的山谷，去看那朵风信子。”
“为什么？它能驱赶你的饥饿？”
“不能。”
“它能滋润你的干渴？”
“不能。”
“那你为什么要去看它呢？”
“我需要它啊。”
“为什么需要？”
“我爱它啊。”
“为什么爱它？”
“我日日夜夜都在思念它。”
“为什么思念它？”
“我爱它。”
精灵沉默了片刻，又提出一个问题：
“你为什么只爱那一朵风信子呢？山谷里有无数朵风信子。”
“因为它是唯一的一朵啊。”
“为什么？它和其他所有的风信子有什么不同的地方吗？”
“有的。”
“哪里不同呢？”
“只有它才是我爱的那一朵啊。”
精灵忽然轻轻笑了起来，鸟儿振翅而去。
译文:
what is love
What is love?
An elf sits in a branch with dark green leaves,pondering.
There is almost no breeze here,if any.
A bird flies down,stops at a branch,and looks at the rice fields in the distance,which is about to mature.
The elf pulls out a bunch of golden rice and asks:"do you love it?"
"Yes."
"why?"
"Because it can drive away hunger from me."
After he pecks up,he lightly combs his sleek feathers with his beak.
The elf takes out another bunch and asks:"do you still love it?"
The bird raises his head ,gazes at fountain in the distance and anwers:" i love fountain over there for i am thirsty now."
Then the elf brings him a leaf filled with fountain in it.
The bird drinks up, and is ready to fly away.
The elf sretches his finger-tips and says"i have one more question,"when the bird stops above.
"What is more important thing for you to do?there are rice and fountain here."
"I am going to the valley full of hyacinths that are blossoming now.what i really want to see is that specific one.
"Why?does she help you drive away hunger ?"
"no.'
"can she nourish your thirst?“
"no,either."
"so why do you want to see her?"
"because i need her."
"why?"
"because i love her."
" what do you love her for?"
"because i miss her every day and night."
"why do you miss her?"
"because i love her."
After a moment's silence,the elf raises another question:
"why do you love that hyacinth only for there are many hyacinths there?"
"because she is unique."
"why?does she have something different from others?"
"of course." "where does she different from others?"
"She is the only one i love."
The elf smiles at last,and the bird flutters and flies away.