A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see a farmer and his wife open a package.
'What food might this contain?'-the mouse wondered.
He was devestated 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 you this is a grave concern for you,but it is 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 sympathised, but said, 'I am 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 farmers mousetrap---ALONE.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house---like the sound of a mousetrap catching its pray.
The farmers wife rushed to see what was caught.In the darkess,she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmers 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 soups main ingredients.
But his wife's sickness continued,so friends and neighbor came to sit with her around the clock.
To feed them,the farmer butchered the pig. So the farmers 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 THINK someone is facing a problem and 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. To do the right thing,and be all we can be with kindness and compassion.
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Night SKEP....I'm outta here.
..........BUT I LOVE YOU.''
I'M an honour,a scholar,and a GENTLEMEN.
RE: what do you think about the above person's picture ?
HE looks like a fellow paysano.CUPS.....Que PASTA?