A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. \u201cWhat food might this contain?\u201d the mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
\nRetreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: \u201cThere is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!\u201d
\nThe chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said \u201cMr. 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.\u201d
\nThe mouse turned to the pig and told him \u201cThere is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!\u201d The pig sympathized, but said \u201cI am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.\u201d
\nThe mouse turned to the cow and said \u201cThere is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!\u201d The cow said \u201cWow, Mr. Mouse. I\u2019m sorry for you, but it\u2019s no skin off my nose.\u201d
\nSo, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer\u2019s mousetrap alone.
\nThat very night a sound was heard throughout the house \u2013 like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer\u2019s 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\u2019s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.
\nEveryone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup\u2019s main ingredient. But his wife\u2019s sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer\u2019s 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.
\nThe 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\u2019t 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. Each of us is a vital thread in another person\u2019s tapestry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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