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 consequennce to me. I cannot be bothered by it.
The mouse turned to the pig and told him the same thing. The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it. But I will be thinking of you.
The mouse turned to cow and told her the same thing. 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, dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap....alone.
That very night the sound was heard throughout the ... like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
The farmer's wife rushed in 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 his wife to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with chicken soup, so the farmer killed the chicken for the soup.
His wife became worse, so friends and neighbors came to sit round 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 feed them all.
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 ALL ARE AT RISK.
We are all involved in journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make 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!!!!!:l
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