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A long time ago, before the world was created and humans
set foot on it for the first time, virtues and vices floated around
and were bored, not knowing what to do.
One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered together
and were more bored than ever. Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea:
Let's play hide and seek!
All of them liked the idea and immediately Madness
shouted: I want to count, I want to count! And since nobody was crazy
enough to want to seek Madness, all the others agreed. Madness leaned
against a tree and started to count: One, two, three...
As Madness counted, the vices and virtues went hiding.
Tenderness hung itself on thehorn of the moon, Treason hid in a pile
of garbage. Fondness curled up between the clouds and Passion went to
the center of the earth. Lie said that it would hide under astone, but
hid at the bottom of the lake, whilst Avarice entered a sack that he
ended up breaking. And Madness continued to count: ... seventy nine,
eighty, eighty one...
By this time, all the vices and virtues were already
hidden - except Love. For undecided as Love is, he could not decide
where to hide. And this should not surprise us, because we all know
how difficult it is to hide Love.
Madness: ...ninety five, ninety six, ninety seven...
Just when Madness got to one hundred, Love jumped into a rose bush where
he hid.
And Madness turned around and shouted: I'm coming,
I'm coming!
As Madness turned around, Laziness was the first to
be found, because Laziness hadno energy to hide. Then he spotted Tenderness
in the horn of the moon, Lie at thebottom of the lake and Passion at
the center of the earth. One by one, Madness foundthem all - except
Love.
Madness was getting desperate, unable to find Love.
Envious of Love, Envy whispered to Madness: You only need to find Love,
and Love is hiding in the rose bush.
Madness grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly
at the rose bush. Madness stabbed and stabbed until a heartbreaking
cry made him stop. Love appeared from the rose bush, covering his face
with his hands. Between his fingers ran two trickles of blood from his
eyes.
Madness, so anxious to find Love, had stabbed out Love's
eyes with a pitch fork.What have I done! What have I done! Madness shouted.
I have left you blind! How can I repair it?
And Love answered: You cannot repair my eyes. But if
you want to do something for me, you can be my guide.
And so it came about that from that day on, Love is
blind and is always accompanied by Madness.
There are some people who meet that somebody that they
can never stop loving. There are some love that don't go away, and we
should all be glad to have that somebody who has a little of that insanity.
Somebody who never lets go. Somebody who cherishes you forever.
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