Eternal-lantern

Story 1:

I know a lot of things,

I can speak every language,

I have read famous poets,

I read all the books I can read in my time,

But I am not wise;

I have been tricked,

I have been cheated,

I have been left alone to die,

Why is it that a person who knows all?

Also knows nothing?

Story 2:

The river runs;

The river never walks;

Why doesn't the river walk?

Why does the river run?

The sun never rises;

The moon never sets;

Why does the sun always set?

Why does the moon always rise?

Why does anything at all happen?

Why doesn't anything happen at all?