The Concerns of a Mouse

[MajestyJo]

The Concerns of a Mouse

"What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed this 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."

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 - 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.

It was a venomous snake whose tail was caught in the trap.

The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital. When she returned home she still had 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.

Friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

But, alas, 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 for the
funeral luncheon..

And 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 you 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…

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Originally posted on another site.

[MajestyJo]

Heaven

One day a cat dies of natural causes and goes to heaven and meets the Lord Himself.........The Lord says to the cat, "You lived a good life and if there is anyway I can make your stay in heaven more comfortable, please let Me know." The cat thinks for a moment and says, "Lord, all my life I have lived with a poor family and had to sleep on a hard wooden floor." The Lord stops the cat and says, "Say no more," and a wonderful fluffy pillow appears.

A few days later 6 mice are killed in a tragic farming accident and go to heaven.............Again, the Lord is there to greet them with the same offer.............The mice answer, "All of our lives we have been chased.......We have had to run from cats, dogs, and even women with brooms........We are tired of running........Do you think we could have roller skates so we don't have to run anymore?" The Lord says, "Say no more," and fits each mouse with a beautiful set of roller skates.

About a week later the Lord stops by to see the cat and finds him snoozing on the pillow...........The Lord gently awakes the cat and asks him, "How are things since you've been here?"........The cat stretches and yawns and replies, "It is wonderful here............Better than I could have ever expected...........

And those 'Meals on Wheels' you have been sending by, are the best!!!

Love Ya'll,
Pappy

P.S. Sorry Kiti B, ... I just couldn't hep it! ... There was a great morale to your story, but my mind drifted to this old post. ... Forgive me?