A
mouse
looked
through
the
crack
in
the
wall
to
see
the
farmer
and
his
wife
open
a
package.
What
food
might
this
contain?
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."
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.
She
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
that
the
farmer
had
the
cow
slaughtered
to
provide
enough
meat
for
all
of
them.
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.
In
the
book
of
Genesis,
Cain
said
this
about
Abel,
his
brother,
to
our
God:
"Am
I
my
brother's
keeper?"
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.
REMEMBER:
EACH
OF
US
IS
A
VITAL
THREAD
IN
ANOTHER
PERSON'S
TAPESTRY;
OUR
LIVES
ARE
WOVEN
TOGETHER
FOR
A
REASON.
~Author
Unknown~
