Mouse Trap

A mouse looked through the 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 and said, "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.

EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY; OUR LIVES ARE

WOVEN

TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a Friend.

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