Cinta dan Waktu

Alkisah di suatu pulau kecil, tinggallah berbagai macam benda-benda abstrak: ada Cinta, Kesedihan, Kekayaan, Kegembiraan, dan sebagainya. Mereka hidup berdampingan dengan baik.

Namun suatu ketika, datang badai menghempas pulau kecil itu dan air laut tiba-tiba naik dan akan menenggelamkan pulau itu. Semua penghuni pulau cepat-cepat berusaha menyelamatkan diri. Cinta sangat kebingungan sebab ia tidak dapat berenang dan tak mempunyai perahu. Ia berdiri ditepi pantai mencoba mencari pertolongan. Sementara itu air makin naik membasahi kaki Cinta.

THE LAST JOB

A highly skilled carpenter who had grown old was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire.

The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter agreed to this proposal but made sure that this will be his last project. Being in a mood to retire, the carpenter was not paying much attention to building this house. His heart was not in his work. He resorted to poor workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the job was done, the carpenter called his employer and showed him the house. The employer handed over some papers and the front door key to the carpenter and said "This is your house, my gift to you."

The carpenter was in a shock! What a shame! If he had only known that he was building his own house, he would have made it better than any other house that he ever built!

Rose for Mom

One day a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers. he wanted to send them to his mother who lived far in another town through a delivery company. Meanwhile, he was looking at a sad young girl who was sitting in front of the flower shop. He asked her what was wrong, and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother, but my money is not enough." The man smiled and said, "Come on, go in with me. I will buy you a rose." He bought the little girl a rose, and he ordered for his own mother flowers too.

Tukang Kayu dan Arlojinya

Ada seorang tukang kayu. Suatu saat ketika sedang bekerja, secara tak disengaja arlojinya terjatuh dan terbenam di antara tingginya tumpukan serbuk kayu. Arloji itu adalah sebuah hadiah dan telah dipakainya cukup lama. Ia amat mencintai arloji tersebut. Karenanya ia berusaha sedapat mungkin untuk menemukan kembali arlojinya. Sambil mengeluh mempersalahkan keteledoran diri sendiri si tukang kayu itu membongkar tumpukan serbuk yang tinggi itu.Teman-teman pekerja yang lain juga turut membantu mencarinya. Namun sia-sia saja. Arloji kesayangan itu tetap tak ditemukan.