THE MOUSE AND THE MOUSETRAP

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.

The Chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it’s 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 its no skin off my nose.”

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmers 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 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 too his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends 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 the crack in his wall with great sadness.

So, 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. Remember, each of us is a vital thread in another person’s tapestry; our lives are woven together for a reason

madam the madam, na u biko.good one there

Good one! I like that :)

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Originally Posted by florafab

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

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Very Correct!

@florafab nice one!......evn jeanie confirmed this!

SUPPORTED,..... SECONDED...,..EVEN THIRDEDED. Gd one FLORAFAB. U know there is no life well lived than the life lived for the good of our fellow man(& woman o) and also,the beauty of life is not happy we are but how others can be through us. In essence,we should always try to lend a helping hand.