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Mouse Story

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

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