A fairy is floatingsurrounded by a glow. She has green flowing hair, green eyes, and green lips. She is wearing a rose pink dress and green gloves. She is holding out a brown basket towards the man on the right who is facing her. In the basket, there are five glowing objects, an orange ball, a heart, a gold coin, a skull, and a white ball. The man is pointing to the white ball. The man has brown hair and is wearing a blue shirt.

Chapter I

In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said:

"Here are gifts. Take one, leave the others. And be wary, chose wisely; oh, choose wisely! for only one of them is valuable."

The gifts were five: Fame, Love, Riches, Pleasure, Death. The youth said, eagerly:

"There is no need to consider"; and he chose Pleasure.

He went out into the world and sought out the pleasures that youth delights in. But each in its turn was short-lived and disappointing, vain and empty; and each, departing, mocked him. In the end he said: "These years I have wasted. If I could but choose again, I would choose wisely."

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