Tale of Friendship

FRIENDSHIP IS MORE VALUABLE AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE GREATEST TREASURE ON EARTH

. It was another beautiful, sunny day on Earth. It is said that all the traits of human personality and feelings came together. After a quick consultation, it was decided that today everyone would go on a trip to the forest. Some would pick berries, others mushrooms, and the rest would simply walk and admire the charms of the beautiful forest—the most beautiful on Earth. Just before they set off, a problem arose with Cowardice, who chickened out and only with the help of Friendship and Courage went with everyone else on the trip. Whining complained that it was a stupid idea, but Strength gave them a good scare, and in the end, they all went together.

They all saw a beautiful forest. They were amazed that it could be so charming and wonderful. However, truth quickly revealed that no one had ever set foot in this forest before.

Madness, Courage, and Fun ran quickly. They were playing games to see who would reach the next tree first. Behind them slowly followed the other emotions and traits, except Sensitivity, which stopped at every tree and moss to admire the forest's beauty. Shyness and Apathy walked crouched behind, but Protectiveness kept an eye on them to make sure they didn't get lost.

Suddenly, everyone saw a strange notice on one of the trees.

Courage approached it and was the first to read it. A moment later, Erudite reached the tree and read it aloud to everyone.

"In this forest lies the greatest treasure on Earth." That was all. One simple sentence.

All the emotions and traits were immediately interested and wanted to find it. Only Insight and Cunning thought it was a foolish idea and gave up on searching for the treasure. Resignation and Shyness did the same. Sensation, Truth, and Madness, who were the first to run off to find the treasure, acted differently.

The search began, and everyone, except those who had split off, searched for the greatest treasure on Earth in various places. Faith prayed and asked the Almighty to show her where the treasure lay. Stupidity and Naivety searched in the middle of the road, while Accuracy and Patience searched under every moss and by every tree. Love, which went hand in hand with Beauty, wanted to learn from every animal where the treasure was. Enchanted and endowed with Love, however, did not know where it was hidden.

The others searched everywhere else, but none could find the greatest treasure on Earth. Impatience and Boredom had already given up on further searching, while Doubt doubted it even existed.

Everyone gathered and wanted to go back to picking berries and mushrooms, claiming the treasure did not exist, but Cunning and Cunning told of a strange cave they had found in the middle of the forest.

The Emotions and Traits decided to go to the aforementioned place; only Forgetfulness forgot what they were talking about and stayed on the road. Some others, such as Doubt, Boredom, Whining, and Shyness, also stayed and didn't go with the others.

After a while, everyone reached the cave. Their thirst for sensation, aided by their Screaming, screamed that perhaps the treasure they were looking for was hidden within. Not everyone decided to enter. Only Courage, Madness, Cunning, Cunning, Greed, and Friendship entered.

After many steps, the Traits saw a large chest with a huge inscription reading "treasure." A small bridge led to it, and instead of water, lava lay beneath it.

Without hesitation, Courage went first, but halfway there, it turned out that she, too, was afraid of certain things and matters. She gave up and returned to the others. Quite the opposite, Madness, who had started walking but decided it was definitely not treasure, also returned. Cunningness was still thinking of another way to cross the bridge, while Greed and Cunning began walking briskly, glad they had been given a chance. They both quickly reached the other end of the bridge. They grabbed the treasure and decided to carry it across. However, it proved too heavy, so Friendship crossed over and helped Cunning and Greed carry the trunk. Their feelings began to carry it, and now they had no problem.

They were almost halfway across the bridge, but Cunning and Greed began arguing over who had the greater right to the treasure. Finally, at one point, with their two traits constantly weighing the treasure on their side, Friendship lost her balance and began to fall off the bridge. She grabbed the end of the rope, but she could barely hold on. Cunning and Greed were frightened and unsure of what to do. Finally, the treasure, too heavy, fell and made a hole in the bridge. Both emotions grabbed the treasure to keep it from slipping from their grasp and, with the last of their strength, held on to the bridge. Friendship screamed for help, as she was already clinging to the rope with the last of her strength. Cunning and Greed still held the treasure, but began to hesitate whether to save Friendship. Courage, seeing what had happened, wanted to run to the emotions, but after taking the first step, the bridge began to collapse.

Friendship screamed even louder, as she was now holding on with only two fingers. Cunning and Greed finally released the treasure chest in an instant, each offering a hand to Friendship and pulling her onto the bridge. The three quickly reached the first end of the bridge, making it just in time to prevent it from collapsing. They also heard the huge splash of the treasure chest falling into the lava. All the emotions and qualities emerged from the cave and went about their business in the forest. And ever since then...

FRIENDSHIP IS MORE VALUABLE AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE GREATEST TREASURE ON EARTH