The mouse trap 11 comments
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. Each of us is a vital thread in another person’s tapestry.
11 Responses to: The mouse trap
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revathi -- 18 Feb 10 at 11:11 pm
Very nice story. It gives us a good moral of life.
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Billy Bob -- 25 Feb 10 at 11:49 am
GOOD STORY!
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nalini -- 12 Apr 10 at 1:39 pm
it is a thought provoking story
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Amala -- 29 Apr 10 at 10:51 am
It’s a fantastic story…and very true
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vishakha -- 21 May 10 at 10:43 pm
nice story very smiple story but gives the bigest moral of life thats always help others because one day you may also need others help
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adil khan -- 10 Jun 10 at 9:55 pm
Very powerful moral lesson for the human beings. We are so selfish that we are only concerned about our own life tat we do not try to do the exta step that can do a lot of good to others withut us having to lose anything.
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Gopi -- 17 Jul 10 at 1:38 am
Help other and get help from others.
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Rikki -- 29 Jul 10 at 7:44 am
Great Story! I used it to drive a point home for my Toastmasters project on the “Moral of the Story”. I also, coincide it with Gen 4:9 “Am I My Brother’s Keeper”? The group loved the it!
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bella -- 3 Aug 10 at 12:44 pm
hey rikki , is that story – u know the one u said abt ‘Am I My Brother’s Keeper”? the same one in chicken soup ?
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anuj banka -- 14 Aug 10 at 12:32 am
nice story showing the truth of life
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Sav -- 25 Aug 10 at 4:44 pm
I read this to my kids. They really liked it especially its moral. However from my past personal experience I can say that one shouldn’t trust anybody for pretending s/he is going get help after being helpful to others. Favours may most often not be returned in life unless you know throughly the people you’re helping.