Love Unreturned

 There is a German poem about a China man who had a beautiful garden. He fell in love with the big water lilies on his fish pond, with one in particular, whom he named Catherine…

 But Catherine had eyes only for the gold fish named Wu… she loved to have him swim by and touch her leaves. But otherwise, the gold fish never returned Catherine’s love... because he was thrilled at the sight of a little chicken named Shooshoo.

But then, the little red chicken loved only one thing: the gardener named Ming.

And so it went: the gardener Ming loved the water lily Catherine; Catherine loved the gold fish Wu;

Wu liked the red chicken Shooshoo; and Shooshoo loved the gardener Ming… a complete circle of love except that no one loved in return.