Monday, December 25, 2006
Was watching Triumph in the Skies on youtube. There's this short story told which has a very typical moral behind it.
The Chocolate Story [modified slightly cos I can't exactly rem some minute details =) ]
Once upon a time, there's this guy called Taro. He was in his garden one day when a crane flew straight down from the sky. It was injured. Feeling pity for the crane, Taro cautiously cuddled it in his both hands and brought it into the house, to nurse it and to care for its wounds.
A few days later, the crane was fully recovered. It didn't stay long at Taro's house. Instead, it immediately flew off. Taro, however, was not upset that the crane was gone just like that. He was actually glad and grateful that it had regained its energy and was not borne with injuries and pain.
Another few days later, Taro was again in his garden. In flew the same crane that he had nursed to recovery. A seed dropped from the crane's beak. Wondering what it was, Taro looked at the crane but of course, he couldn't understand the species' language. The crane then slowly guided Taro out. They came to a bigger garden where Taro saw a very beautiful lady standing at the red bridge. It was love at first sight for them. The lady, whom Taro came to know her name as Sakurako, mentioned that the seed that Taro had was a chocolate seed which they could grow. Hence, they tried planting it and indeed, tasty chocolate eventually became the product of the harvest. It became their source of living.
On this gorgeous day, Taro and Sakurako were immersing themselves in the nice weather, enjoying the panomaric scenery from that red bridge. Little did they know that their time together was up. Sakurako collapsed. All Taro could see thereafter was that crane, that crane who had brought him the chocolate seed. Now, he realised that the crane was actually Sakurako.
Albeit his devastation of losing Sakurako, he worked hard in his research on chocolate seeds and finally produced the most tasty chocolate ever, in memory of his beloved.
The moral of the story which Sam in the Triumph in the Skies had said, "Cherish before it's too late."
Indeed, we always would hear such a quote - to treasure those around you all the time. But I feel that for most of the time, humans being humans, we tend to take people and things for granted until the day we actually lose them or going to lose them. Though we might often tell ourselves that we would cherish this person, that person, but do we actually do it? I dunno. Anyway, what does it mean as to treasure someone/something? What actions must we do or what words must we say to show that? Can't really pinpoint many right? Hmm... so it might be when we subconsciously do it then it goes to show that the cherish is straight from the heart. =)
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