In some insane asylum in the world, whose name I would like to remember, there lived a goat named Frida Lhoka and a monkey named Nietz Sche. Strangely enough, both had fallen in love and enjoyed each other's company.
Lhoka was a talented sculptor, while Nietz Sche was a profound philosopher. They spent their days in their little lives and sometimes argued about love and happiness because despite being trapped in the madhouse, their love allowed them to find joy in the grayest moments of their madness.
One day they escaped from the asylum; they began their journey into an unknown world, and soon discovered that life with jumps was more colorful than the walls of confinement; so she jumped like a fairytale goat; and he, like a jungle monkey. Anyone who had seen them in such an excess of irrationality, would have thought that they were in front of the craziest beings in the world, and they would have surely given them away; that is why they remembered what they were, two fugitives from an asylum; and in the terror of returning to the confinement they began to pretend to be sane.
It was difficult for the asylum not to panic, because the authorities feared that the pair of madmen were dangerous to society; first because they were sick, and second because they had fallen in love, which made them doubly crazy and, therefore, no one could attest that the amorous outbursts of a pair of madmen were rational.
So they went out to look for them, but it was hard to find a monkey in the middle of the city, with so many humans masterfully imitating apes getting drunk or hanging indiscriminately from the branches of ignorance. Nor was it easy to find a goat in the midst of a crowd of capering girls, who had more wool in their heads than ideas in their minds.
An End To This Story
After a few months of a fruitless search, the authorities returned to the asylum. They were fed up with the madness of the apes and goats that claimed to be sane, half naked girls roaming the street , young men in pursuit of vain things.
"The only difference between those in asylum and outside the walls of the asylum are the walls itself" one of the authorities had said, troubled by the life of the humans outside.
Frida Lhoka and Nietz Sche ran to a far country to start a life anew. Frida Lhoka continued in his sculpture and Nietz Sche continued in her book publishing, they lived happily until Nietz Sche starting to crave for more. She felt trapped even though they were no longer confined in the walls of an asylum. She had earlier found happiness with Frida Lhoka and that was because their freedom was limited, now the world seem wider than it was in their trap house.
"There's more about me that I need to discover and I can't get the grasp of it distracted by the madness we shared from the asylum" Nietz Sche had started. Of recent, Frida Lhoka had been occupied with his sculpturing work , he seemed to find happiness shaping images out of trees. He paused for a while and stare at the young beautiful lady who had promised to stick with him no matter what happened, maybe love wasn't enough to make her happy he thought.
"Why can't you find this you with me, I thought happiness lied in spending your life with the one you love"
"That's what I thought, but there's more to it. Allow me to go" the goat named Nietz Sche said.
A few months later, Frida Lhoka sat beside a log of tree shaping out an image out from it when Nietz Sche showed up, she held her small belongings and looked sorry as she walked toward him. She embraced him and Sobbed.
"NOTHING IS SATISFYING, I'VE LEARNED TO BE HAPPY IN THE LITTLE I GET"
Her words dawned on them, it wasn't actually the love that sustained the joy they experienced in the asylum, it was the fact that they appreciated the little they got. Frida Lhoka freed himself off her grasp
"We've all argued wrongly before now, but now we know happiness wasn't freedom, neither was it the power of love, but the ability to appreciate the little we had," he said, drawing her into his arms.
Spanish
En alg煤n manicomio del mundo, cuyo nombre me gustar铆a recordar, viv铆an una cabra llamada Frida Lhoka y un mono llamado Nietz Sche. Por extra帽o que parezca, ambos se enamoraron y disfrutaron de la compa帽铆a del otro.
Lhoka fue una escultora talentosa, mientras que Nietz Sche fue un profundo fil贸sofo. Pasaban sus d铆as en sus peque帽as vidas y en ocasiones discut铆an sobre el amor y la felicidad porque a pesar de estar atrapados en el manicomio, su amor les permit铆a encontrar la alegr铆a en los momentos m谩s grises de su locura.
Un d铆a se escaparon del manicomio; iniciaron su viaje hacia un mundo desconocido, y pronto descubrieron que la vida con saltos era m谩s colorida que los muros del encierro; entonces ella salt贸 como una cabra de cuento de hadas; y 茅l, como un mono de la selva. Cualquiera que los hubiera visto en tal exceso de irracionalidad, habr铆a pensado que estaban frente a los seres m谩s locos del mundo, y seguramente los habr铆an delatado; por eso recordaron lo que eran, dos fugitivos de un manicomio; y en el terror de volver al encierro empezaron a fingir estar cuerdos.
Fue dif铆cil que el manicomio no entrara en p谩nico, pues las autoridades tem铆an que la pareja de locos fuera un peligro para la sociedad; primero porque estaban enfermos, y segundo porque se hab铆an enamorado, lo que los volv铆a doblemente locos y, por tanto, nadie pod铆a atestiguar que los arranques amorosos de una pareja de locos fueran racionales.
Entonces salieron a buscarlos, pero fue dif铆cil encontrar un mono en medio de la ciudad, con tantos humanos imitando magistralmente a los simios emborrach谩ndose o colg谩ndose indiscriminadamente de las ramas de la ignorancia. Tampoco era f谩cil encontrar una cabra en medio de una multitud de ni帽as cabriolas, que ten铆an m谩s lana en la cabeza que ideas en la mente.
El final de esta historia
Despu茅s de unos meses de b煤squeda infructuosa, las autoridades regresaron al asilo. Estaban hartos de la locura de los monos y cabras que dec铆an estar cuerdos, chicas medio desnudas vagando por la calle, j贸venes en pos de cosas vanas.
"La 煤nica diferencia entre los que est谩n en el asilo y los que est谩n fuera de los muros del manicomio son los propios muros" hab铆a dicho una de las autoridades, preocupada por la vida de los humanos en el exterior.
Frida Lhoka y Nietz Sche huyeron a un pa铆s lejano para comenzar una nueva vida. Frida Lhoka sigui贸 en su escultura y Nietz Sche sigui贸 en su publicaci贸n de libros, vivieron felices hasta que Nietz Sche empez贸 a tener ganas de m谩s. Se sinti贸 atrapada a pesar de que ya no estaban confinados en las paredes de un manicomio. Anteriormente hab铆a encontrado la felicidad con Frida Lhoka y eso se deb铆a a que su libertad era limitada, ahora el mundo parece m谩s amplio de lo que era en su trampa.
"Hay m谩s sobre m铆 que necesito descubrir y no puedo entenderlo distra铆do por la locura que compartimos en el manicomio" hab铆a comenzado Nietz Sche. Recientemente, Frida Lhoka hab铆a estado ocupada con su trabajo de escultura, parec铆a encontrar la felicidad dando forma a las im谩genes de los 谩rboles. Hizo una pausa por un momento y mir贸 a la hermosa joven que hab铆a prometido quedarse con 茅l sin importar lo que pasara, tal vez el amor no era suficiente para hacerla feliz pens贸.
"驴Por qu茅 no puedes encontrar este t煤 conmigo? Pens茅 que la felicidad radicaba en pasar tu vida con la persona que amas"
"Eso es lo que pens茅, pero hay m谩s. D茅jame ir", dijo la cabra llamada Nietz Sche.
Unos meses m谩s tarde, Frida Lhoka estaba sentada al lado de un tronco de 谩rbol formando una imagen a partir de 茅l cuando apareci贸 Nietz Sche, sosten铆a sus peque帽as pertenencias y parec铆a arrepentida mientras caminaba hacia 茅l. Ella lo abraz贸 y solloz贸.
"NADA ME SATISFACE, HE APRENDIDO A SER FELIZ EN LO POCO QUE TENGO"
Sus palabras cayeron en la cuenta de ellos, en realidad no era el amor lo que sustentaba la alegr铆a que experimentaban en el asilo, sino el hecho de que apreciaban lo poco que recib铆an. Frida Lhoka se liber贸 de su agarre
"Todos hemos discutido mal antes, pero ahora sabemos que la felicidad no era la libertad, ni el poder del amor, sino la capacidad de apreciar lo poco que ten铆amos", dijo, atray茅ndola a sus brazos.
