BUBBLE - JUST FOR LAUGHS------------------------------------------------- { THE MOUSE TRAP} By Ogbeni Folusho Awosanya 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 mouse trap. Returning 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 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 very sorry Mr. mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured that youre 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. Im sorry for you, but its 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 prey. The farmers 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 farmers wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she retuned home with a fever. Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet and to the farmyard for the soups main ingredient. But the wifes sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. 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 hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesnt concern you, remember when one of us is threatened, we all are 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. Each of us is a vital thread in another persons tapestry. P/S: The moral of this story is, were all our brothers keeper. We must never turn a blind eye to someone elses concerns because it could affect all of us whether we know it or not in adverse ways.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:02:07 +0000
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