O Perfume do Amor-Perfeito!

Uma fábula alemã conta como os amores-perfeitos perderam seu perfume. Originalmente essas flores eram muito perfumadas, crescendo livremente pelos campos e florestas. Conta-se que as pessoas pisotearam os campos na ânsia de colher os amores-perfeitos e por isso, o gado morreu de fome pois o pasto estava arruinado. As flores então, rezaram abrindo mão do seu perfume. A reza foi atendida e, sem o perfume, os campos cresceram com vigor e o gado voltou a engordar com a grama fresca.

A German fable tells of how the pansy lost it perfume. Originally pansies would have been very fragrant, growing wild in fields and forests. It was said that people would trample the grass completely in eagerness to pick pansies. Unfortunately, the people’s cows were starving due to the ruined fields, so the pansy prayed to give up her perfume. Her prayer was answered, and without her perfumed scent, the fields grew tall, and the cows grew fat on the fresh green grass.