The mouse trap 32 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.
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32 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.
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Rakesh -- 1 Nov 10 at 7:37 pm
Nice story given by a nice Person..Contain good Moral..
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fiyinsola -- 24 Nov 10 at 1:28 pm
OMG!
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monali -- 15 Dec 10 at 5:59 am
great story
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Gaurav Kumar -- 17 Dec 10 at 11:34 am
A mouse looked through……………………….:):):)):):)
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Glenn Miller -- 31 Dec 10 at 10:45 pm
Seeing the comments made by different people on the same story, reminds me of a similar story that being the story of the blind men and the elephant, each interpreting their own view on the same thing differently.
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Turola -- 10 Feb 11 at 3:28 pm
What a great lesson.
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revati -- 4 Mar 11 at 10:15 am
Lovely story. I liked it a lot, gives good morals.
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Seshu -- 16 Mar 11 at 4:42 am
Good one.
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vinod kumar singh -- 18 Mar 11 at 1:10 pm
thoughtful story
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richie advincula -- 6 Apr 11 at 7:28 am
thats a very good story.
love one another
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yan siak -- 18 Apr 11 at 10:12 pm
good story
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Neeranjan -- 24 Apr 11 at 2:45 am
It is a very moralful story.
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naveen -- 13 Jun 11 at 7:40 am
It’s a short and awesome story….
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ITUMELENG STEPHEN -- 9 Jul 11 at 1:05 pm
This story just emphasized the point that we are all one, breathing the same air, make the same stuff. If one of us is threatened, we all are threatened. Wow.
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Rojit Naorem -- 2 Aug 11 at 6:49 am
The story reveals the real attitude of the present mankind. Unless such chicken-pig-cow mentality is changed, we are on the verge of extinction.
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Stammer24 -- 6 Sep 11 at 8:03 pm
Pretty cool story! Yeah!
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Pooja -- 7 Sep 11 at 1:54 am
Wow that was very wonderful at the same time very meaningful too.
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Priyanka Kumari -- 9 Sep 11 at 3:58 am
we all are connected directly or indirecttly
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Prof Dan -- 21 Nov 11 at 9:06 am
Great monumental moral story. Infact it’s a life teaching one, thanks.
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Clark -- 9 Dec 11 at 9:51 pm
Amazing story.. it gives a ot of moral values to those who read this one of a kind story.
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Gaurav_Luthra -- 14 Dec 11 at 12:25 am
Try to help everybody, definately when you will be in need, some1 like you will surely help you…
Gr8 story for making people understand the true fact! Thnx!