sun and candle

A long time ago, there was a mountain far away from the castle. There was a hidden cave in the depths of the mountain, and a group of light elves lived in it. These light spirits are the elements that make up the different kinds of light in the world. Without these elements of light, everything in the world, including the sun, electric lights, and even fireflies, cannot emit light.

In this group of light elves, there is a pair of two small and innocent elves, they are called "Xiao Fan" and "Xiao Yi". They have been in pairs since they were born. They grew up together, and in the School of Light together, they learned about various lights from the elders of light. Once, in a lecture about candlelight, the elder of light said carefully: "Although it is not as good as sunlight that can illuminate the entire sky, candlelight brings a little light to human beings in the dark, so that they can get a trace of peace in a dark environment. Then the elder took out a candle and lit it, and said to the elements, "You haven't graduated yet, so there is no way to take you outside to see the sunlight during the day. However, we can look at this candle and feel the power of candlelight. ”

Xiaofan and Xiaoyi looked at each other across the candlelight, suddenly looked at each other and smiled, and found their affection for each other, but they did not express their feelings to each other after that.

Time passed quickly, Xiaofan and Xiaoyi were about to graduate from the Academy of Light. This year, they will decide what kind of light source they will be in the outside world. Perhaps because of the relationship between candlelight and love, the two elves decided that they would choose to be the light source of candlelight together in the future, and they would be stored on the same candle to protect human beings in the dark together.

A month before graduation, there was a loud noise outside the cave. It turned out that one of the rock walls of the mountain collapsed, and the sunlight outside reached the entrance of the cave. The elders were taken aback, because the young spirits of light could not be illuminated by violent light sources. So they immediately took the elements and moved to the deeper cave through the gap in the cave. As prospective graduates, Xiaofan and Xiaoyi naturally wanted to help evacuate. When Xiaofan and Xiaoyi arrived at the entrance of the cave, they couldn't help peeking out at the daytime outside.

"Wow! The sun is much brighter than candlelight! And the sun is hanging in the sky again, so you can see a lot of different things!"

"That's right! It's very different from candlelight, the sun is very bright and can shine in more places! But let's evacuate the elves first, otherwise, as the elders said, after the sun changes its angle after a while, the sun will shine on it. The school and the village are gone!"

So, Xiaofan and Xiaoyi took a small element of light and moved to a deeper place with the brigade. After the transfer was successful, they packed up the items of the Academy of Light together. Xiaofan found that Xiaoyi was speechless.

"What's wrong? Did you get burned by the sun?"

"No, I was just startled by the brightness of the sun when I saw it for the first time."

"We are all about to graduate and become candlelight. It's not that we have no chance to see the sun. The elders all said that candles can be lit during the day."

"Yeah, I know. Don't worry! I'm fine! Clean up!"

After reorganizing the Academy of Light, Xiaofan and Xiaoyi prepared for graduation together, and they made an appointment to attend a class at Elder Candlelight. It's just that Xiaoyi's condition doesn't seem to be very good. He is absent-minded when listening to the class. Sometimes he looks at Xiaofan and hesitates. Xiaofan couldn't sleep because of this, and his grades declined.

A week before graduation, Xiaofan was really worried about Xiaoyi's condition, so he asked Xiaoyi to talk in a corner of the school.

"Is there anything you want to talk about? I'm sorry to see your current situation."

Xiaoyi took a deep breath and said quietly, "I want to be a sunshine after graduation. Because sunshine can have more energy and bring more vitality to the world. Besides, I don't want to leave this cave. After graduation, we will be trapped in a small candle. We should also take a good look at the outside world. After becoming the elder of light in the future, we can become a learned person like the elder of sunshine, and teach more knowledge to other lights. element."

After listening to Xiaoyi's words, Xiaofan was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Actually, I guessed it roughly. We chose to graduate into candlelight, not only to bring light to the world in the dark, but also because we can get close to human beings. , feel their joys, sorrows and sorrows. Now you suddenly say you want to be the sunshine, I am a bit at a loss. I feel that we are getting farther and farther away..."

Then, the two elves remained silent in a corner without saying a word. Then night came, and the two elves returned to their respective bedrooms.

A week later, Xiaoyi became the sunshine, staying in the sun with other sunshine elements, bringing countless vitality to the earth. Xiaofan has also become a candle, staying in different candles with other friends, guarding every night in the world.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's just a natural phenomenon, maybe it's other reasons, the sky is sunny, but sometimes it still rains.

Maybe it's chemistry, maybe it's just an energy conversion, or maybe it's other reasons, the candle has been lit for a long time, and there will be dry wax marks next to the candle body.

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"So what? Is Xiaofan very angry with Xiaoyi?"

"I believe that there may be some unwillingness at the beginning, but later Xiaofan will understand that this is just a different direction from Xiaoyi's choice. Besides, they also graduated successfully, and they are also bringing a different light to the world."

"Isn't Xiaofan very pitiful? It will still be sunny after the rain, but there will still be a puddle of wax left after the candle burns." My friend looked at the coffee table next to me and said.

I looked at the burnt scented candle, removed the laptop I was typing on my lap, walked to the bookshelf, and pulled out two candles from the wooden box. Then pick up the lighters on the side, light one of them, and place them in the candle tray on the table.

"That's not what he said. The candle's light is small, but he can light another candle."

I put the wick of the other candle in my hand on the candlelight, and after a while, the other candle also lit. Then I put this candle next to the original candle and put it in the candle tray.

"When the candles meet the right one, except over time, the melted wax marks will make the two candles stick closer together. The two together emit a warmer light. Even after they burn out, they will melt. Together, we will never be apart." With that, I turned off the lights in the living room, then sat on the other side of the table, watching the two candles radiate a small and warm light together.

The speaker was playing random songs from my computer's Playlist, and before I knew it, the familiar piano prelude sounded. Haley Bennett's crisp voice tells the story's origins, and Hugh Grant's deep voice adds a different charm to the song. When the chorus sounded, we smiled at each other across the candlelight.