Just got this in an email and thought it was worth sharing.
Subject: The Mouse Lesson
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
Theres a mousetrap in the house!
Theres a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked, 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,
"Theres a mousetrap in the house!
Theres 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
"Theres a mousetrap in the house!
Theres 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, feeling alone 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 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.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEND THIS
TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER
HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
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
Subject: The Mouse Lesson
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
Theres a mousetrap in the house!
Theres a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked, 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,
"Theres a mousetrap in the house!
Theres 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
"Theres a mousetrap in the house!
Theres 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, feeling alone 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 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.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEND THIS
TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER
HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.
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
