oyal Hide-and-Seek Day

ometime ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

Once a year, the royals, including the Baron, Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, along with Professor Hamblin, the Baron’s chief advisor played a game of hide-and-seek. Since the royals did not want the citizens of Lilliland to think of them as aloof and stuffy people, the royals would the game.

The royals were allowed to dress up as different people and walk around Lilliland to see if anyone noticed them in their disguise.

The Baron would be dressed up as a hotel doorman, the Professor as a mailman, and Lady Angela as a milkmaid. During the designated day of the event, each player would take his position. Then, as soon as they were discovered, the person making the identification would be given a card and each cardholder would be given a prize at the afternoon celebration in Lilliland Park.

It so happened that Lady Angela posing as a milkmaid was discovered first. The Baron, as a doorman, was not discovered right away and the Professor, as a mailman, was not discovered at all.

When the Baron, Lady Angela and the Professor were discussing the events of the day, Lady Angela said that there was no problem discovering her because when she went to milk the cows, the milk kept missing the bucket. The Baron felt rather inconspicuous because people arriving at and leaving the hotel kept their eyes on their luggage and did not pay too much attention to the doorman. He was not recognized until later in the day. As far as the Professor posing as a mailman, he felt invisible. No one ever noticed the mailman at all.

The giving of awards at the park was rather ceremonious with each winner receiving a gift certificate for some of the Lilliland shops.

“The lesson learned from the event,” the Professor summarized, “was that many people go about their jobs day-by-day without much notoriety and appreciation. Perhaps the royals of Lilliland should make a special not to recognize and appreciate the everyday worker.”

The Baron, as doorman, noted that so much of the luggage looked alike, it was difficult to keep everything straight. The Professor noted that many people’s poor penmanship made it difficult to read the addresses on the envelopes. Lady Angela just added, “Being a milkmaid is not as easy as it looks.”