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

Have a great
week

Be good to
yourself

You all are special.  BIG HUGS TO ALL.

Granny