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  The Molave and the Orchid

 

By F. Sionil Jose

 

 

 

“Braggart!” the orchid flung at him. “Work is the logic of life. And sacrifice is the logic of love. You have not worked for anyone, nor sacrificed for anyone. Even to someone as fragile and helpless like me you cannot even be kind. What then is your purpose? I do not think you know what love is.”

 

  Again, such impudence, and yet such meaning. He decided to humor her. “What does someone as young as you know about love that you can talk so glibly about it?”

 

     For a while, the orchid was silent. When she finally spoke, her words were slow in coming but they were all crystal clear. “I know a lot about love because I have seen what those in love do, the pain they bear, and their joys as well. Someday, I will love someone for we are destined to do so. And since I am so close to you, and I am grateful, who knows I may yet get to love a cantankerous and conceited ancient like you.”

 

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   Q: What universal truth about love and life is suggested in this passage?

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