Dear Rhonda,
I really like that. It's so true.
Lovingly,
Pat Ferguson
At 06:02 PM 6/1/2009, you wrote:
>A friend sent me this, so true!
>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 this 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
>-- 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.
>
>It was a venomous snake
>whose tail was caught in the trap.
>
>The snake bit the farmer's wife.
>
>
>The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
>
>=
>When she returned home she still had 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.
>
>Friends and neighbors
>came to sit with her
>around the clock.
>
>To feed them,
>the farmer butchered the pig.
>
>
>
>But, alas,
>the farmer's wife did not get well...
>
>She died.
>
>
>
>So many people came for her funeral
>that the farmer had the cow slaughtered
>to provide enough meat for all of them
>for the funeral luncheon.
>
>And 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 you 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.
>
>YOU MAY WANT TO 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.
>
>
>
>Rhonda Partain
>
>
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