A LONG time ago, before the world was created
and humans could set foot on it, virtues and vices
floated around, not quite knowing what to do. One
day, all of them were gathered together, and
feeling more bored than ever.
Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea: Lets
play hide-and-seek!
Everyone liked the idea and immediately,
Madness shouted: I want to count, I want to count!
Since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek
Madness, all the others agreed. Madness leaned
against a tree and started counting, one, two,
three As Madness counted, the vices and
virtues ran off to look for places in which to hide.
Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon,
while Treason hid in a pile of garbage. Fondness
curled up between the clouds and Passion went to
the centre of the earth. Lie said that it would hide
under a stone, but hid at the bottom of the lake
instead, whilst Avarice entered a sack that he
ended up breaking.
Madness continued to shout out: ... 79, 80, 81...?
By then, all the vices and virtues were well hidden,
except for Love. Fickle 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 counted: ... 95, 96, 97 Just when he
got to 100, Love jumped into a rose bush.
Madness turned around and shouted: Im coming,
Im coming! Laziness was the first to be found,
because he did not have the energy to hide. Then
Madness spotted Tenderness in the horn of the
moon, Lie at the bottom of the lake, and Passion
at the centre of the earth. One by one, Madness
found them all, except for Love. He was getting
desperate. Envious of Love, Envy whispered to
Madness, Love is in the rose bush. Madness
grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly
at the bush. He jabbed and stabbed until a
heartbreaking cry made him stop.
Love appeared from the bush, with both hands
covering his face. Blood oozed from his eyes and
trickled down his fingers. Madness had stabbed
out Loves eyes with his pitch fork. What have I
done? What have I done? Madness screamed. I
have blinded you! How can I repair the damage?
Love answered: you cannot repair my eyes.
But if you really 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.
and humans could set foot on it, virtues and vices
floated around, not quite knowing what to do. One
day, all of them were gathered together, and
feeling more bored than ever.
Suddenly, Ingenious came up with an idea: Lets
play hide-and-seek!
Everyone liked the idea and immediately,
Madness shouted: I want to count, I want to count!
Since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek
Madness, all the others agreed. Madness leaned
against a tree and started counting, one, two,
three As Madness counted, the vices and
virtues ran off to look for places in which to hide.
Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon,
while Treason hid in a pile of garbage. Fondness
curled up between the clouds and Passion went to
the centre of the earth. Lie said that it would hide
under a stone, but hid at the bottom of the lake
instead, whilst Avarice entered a sack that he
ended up breaking.
Madness continued to shout out: ... 79, 80, 81...?
By then, all the vices and virtues were well hidden,
except for Love. Fickle 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 counted: ... 95, 96, 97 Just when he
got to 100, Love jumped into a rose bush.
Madness turned around and shouted: Im coming,
Im coming! Laziness was the first to be found,
because he did not have the energy to hide. Then
Madness spotted Tenderness in the horn of the
moon, Lie at the bottom of the lake, and Passion
at the centre of the earth. One by one, Madness
found them all, except for Love. He was getting
desperate. Envious of Love, Envy whispered to
Madness, Love is in the rose bush. Madness
grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly
at the bush. He jabbed and stabbed until a
heartbreaking cry made him stop.
Love appeared from the bush, with both hands
covering his face. Blood oozed from his eyes and
trickled down his fingers. Madness had stabbed
out Loves eyes with his pitch fork. What have I
done? What have I done? Madness screamed. I
have blinded you! How can I repair the damage?
Love answered: you cannot repair my eyes.
But if you really 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.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar