The Rose and the Amaranth, 장미와 아마란스, 이솝우화

The Rose and the Amaranth,  장미와 아마란스, 이솝우화

  Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden, and the Amaranth said to her neighbor, "How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent! No wonder you are such a universal favorite."
  But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice, "Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time: my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die. But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting."

 

The flower in the vase smiles, but it can no longer laugh.