Possible Clues:

• "I try to keep my sadness ___" (from "Tears of a Clown")
• Hello - small daughter wanted to be sought?
• Shielded
• Got out of the open
• Wasn't the seeker, in a game
• Screened from view
• Listened as a seeker counted down, say
• Kept out of view
• Went to ground
• Placed so as not to be found