Once all human emotions, feelings, states gathered at the end of the earth.
When BOREDOM yawned for the third time, MADNESS suggested, "Let's play hide and seek?"
And explained the rules:
I close my eyes and count to a million while the rest hide.
The one who is found last will count next time.
ENTHUSIASM danced with Euphoria,
JOY jumped so hard that it convinced Doubt.
Only APATIA refused to play, she was never interested in anything.
TRUTH chose not to hide - in the end she is always found,
PRIDE said that the game was completely stupid (she did not care about anything except herself),
Cowardice did not want to risk it.
One-two-three, -beginning by MADNESS
The first to hide was LAZY - she hid behind the nearest stone on the road.
FAITH ascended to heaven, ENVY went into the shadow of TRIUMPH, who himself climbed to the top of the tallest tree.
For a long time NOBILITY did not find shelter, all the places seemed ideal for his friends:
crystal clear lake for BEAUTY,
cleft in the tree for FEAR,
butterfly wing for PONDER,
a breath of breeze for FREEDOM!
A LIE hid in the depths of the ocean (in fact, in a rainbow),
and PASSION and DESIRE lurked in the crater of the volcano.
When MADNESS counts to 999999,
LOVE was still looking for where to hide - everything was already taken. Suddenly I saw a rose bush and took refuge among its flowers.
Million, - MADNESS counted and began to search.
First it found LAZY.
Then I heard VERA arguing with God,
and learned about PASSION and DESIRE by the trembling of the volcano, then saw ENVY and guessed where TRIUMPH was hiding. I went to get drunk by the stream and saw BEAUTY.
Doubt at the fence was deciding which side to hide from.
All were found.
Only LOVE could not be found.
Finally, the MADNESS came to the rose bushes and, pushing the branches apart, heard a scream. Sharp thorns of roses hurt LOVE eyes. MADNESS did not know what to do, began to apologize, cried, prayed, asked for forgiveness and, in atonement for his guilt, promised LOVE to become her guide.
And since then, LOVE is blind and MADNESS leads her by the hand.