Learn From This

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 this 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

--
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.

It
was a venomous snake

whose
tail was caught in the trap.

The
snake bit the farmer's wife.

The
farmer rushed her to the hospital.

When
she returned home she still had 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.

Friends
and neighbors

came
to sit with
her

around
the clock.

To
feed them,

the
farmer butchered the pig.

But,
alas,

the
farmer's wife did not get well...

She
died.

So
many people came for her funeral

that
the farmer had the cow slaughtered

to
provide enough meat for all of them

for
the funeral luncheon.

And
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
you 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
MAY WANT TO SEND THIS

TO
EVERYONE WHOHAS 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.