A mouse looked throug a crack in the wall to see the
farmer and his wife open a package.
"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered -
he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning.
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head andsaid, "Mr. Mouse, I
can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to
me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the
house! There is a
mousetrap in the house. The pig sympathized, but said,
"I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it
but pray.
Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my
nose.
"So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected,
to face the farmer's mousetrap -- alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house like the sound of a
mousetrap
catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In
the
darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had
caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and
she returned
home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken
soup,
so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main
ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came
to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the
pig.
The farmer's wife did not get
well; she died.
So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide
enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great
sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it
doesn't concern you,
remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life.
We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra
effort to encourage one another.
REMEMBER:
EACH OF US IS A VITAL
THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A
REASON.
farmer and his wife open a package.
"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered -
he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning.
"There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head andsaid, "Mr. Mouse, I
can tell this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to
me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the
house! There is a
mousetrap in the house. The pig sympathized, but said,
"I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it
but pray.
Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my
nose.
"So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected,
to face the farmer's mousetrap -- alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house like the sound of a
mousetrap
catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In
the
darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had
caught.
The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and
she returned
home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken
soup,
so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main
ingredient.
But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came
to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the
pig.
The farmer's wife did not get
well; she died.
So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide
enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great
sadness.
So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it
doesn't concern you,
remember -- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.
We are all involved in this journey called life.
We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra
effort to encourage one another.
REMEMBER:
EACH OF US IS A VITAL
THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;
OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A
REASON.
