One day Madness invited friends over for tea. Everyone came, it was fun, they sang, danced, and after the cake Madness suggested playing hide and seek:
- I count to one hundred, and you hide. The first one found will count to one hundred again.
Everyone agreed, except Fear and Laziness.
“One, two, three,” Madness began to count.
Panic hid first, anywhere. Joy ran around the garden. Sadness began to cry, thinking about the frailty of life. Envy clung to Jubilation and hid behind high rocks. And Madness counted everything. Despair despaired, as Madness had already counted to ninety-nine.
- One hundred! - Madness squealed. - I'm looking for you!
Curiosity was found first, peeking out in hopes of seeing who would be found first. Doubt found Madness hanging on the fence; it hung on the fence, undecided on which side of the fence it was better to hide.
They found everyone, and Curiosity suddenly asked:
-Where is Love?
Everyone started looking. Madness in search wandered far, far and suddenly found itself in a beautiful fragrant rose garden. Something rustled in the bushes. Madness parted the pink branches and heard a scream. It was Love, rose thorns pierced her eyes. Madness rushed about, wringing its hands, apologizing, asking on its knees for forgiveness, to the point of promising Love to stay with her forever. Love agreed.
And since then blind Love and Madness have walked together.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru