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 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 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.
> > 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.
> >
> > SEND THIS TO EVERYONE 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.
> >
>
