The Mouse Trap

I have this on my email last week but I just have the time to read it this morning. And it was a wonderful story to reflect. Sometimes we don’t mind other people’s concern and later we know it will affect us somehow… ;)

Read the story below…

A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his
wife
opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover
that it was a mouse trap. Retreating to the farmyard the mouse
proclaimed
the warning: “There is a mouse trap in the house, a mouse trap in the
house!
“The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Excuse
me,
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 mouse trap in the
house, a mouse trap in the house!” “I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse,”
sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.
Be
assured that you are in my prayers.” The mouse turned to the cow. She
said,
“Like wow, Mr. Mouse. A mouse trap. Like I am in grave danger.
Duh…NOT!”

So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the
farmer’s mouse trap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout
the
house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s
wife
rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that 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. She returned home with a fever.
Now
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. His wife’s
sickness continued so that 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 and a few days later she passed away.
So
many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow
slaughtered, to
provide meat for all of them to eat. So the next time you hear that
someone
is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember
that
when there is a mouse trap in the house, the whole farmyard is at risk.

– Author Unknown

Nice one! Hope you inspired by it… Have a wonderful week… ;)

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October 15, 2007 | Filed Under Inspiration 

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One Response to “The Mouse Trap”

  1. Rosa on November 3rd, 2007 5:49 pm

    We both are new on the photohunt, that is where I met you. Nice to see your blog, you have many interesting topics!
    Rosa

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