Scarletprayers Posted May 25, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted May 25, 2005 A moue 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 house proclaimed the warning, "There is a mouse trap 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 can not 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 for you. Be assured you are in my prayers." The mouse turned to the cow. She said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I am so sorry for you, somebody should do something about this, but who?" 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 sick and fevered. 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 finally died. So many people came for her funeral, 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 Able, his brother, to our God: "Am I my brother's keeper?" We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep and eye out for one another and make and extra effort to encourage one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keslc Posted May 25, 2005 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 745 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 19 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/30/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/27/1976 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Neat story! thanks for sharing, I may use it some time with my kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fluffy the Cactus Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 This gets the 'interesting' tag. But uhh.. what is a 'moue'? And how can a 'house' run to the barnyard??? ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletprayers Posted May 25, 2005 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 This gets the 'interesting' tag. But uhh.. what is a 'moue'? And how can a 'house' run to the barnyard??? ??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh fine, throw all my typos in my face! I did the bestest I could, really I did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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