Article - Mousetrap

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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?"

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." 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. She 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.

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.