Mouse Story with a Moral -- Our lives are woven together

Mouse Story with a Moral


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 goat and said
'There is a mousetrap in the house!

There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The goat 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.



Doctor said you can treat the 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 goat
slaughtered to provide enough meat 
for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his 
crack in the wall with great sadness.
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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 help 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.


                                     (Taken From the Web)