Rhonda, Thank you for sharing with us! It is true when one of hurts we all hurt! Huggs and blessings! Virgie and Hoshi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 11:25 PM Subject: we are all connected > Mouse Story ... > 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 >