It is said that a mouse peeked through a crack in the wall, and saw a farmer and his wife opening a package. He thought to himself, “What food might it contain?” He was aghast, when he observed that it was a mouse trap instead!
Running to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap 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 mouse trap in the house."
"I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, "Like wow, Mr. Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, Duh?"
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected to face the farmer's mouse trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap, catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught, and in the darkness, she didn't see that it was a venomous snake, with it’s tail caught in the trap. The snake bit the farmer's wife, whereupon the farmer rushed her to the hospital.
She was released in a short time, however she returned home with a fever. Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard, to obtain the soup's main ingredient.
His wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. In order to feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered, to provide meat for all of them to eat.
My friend, the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem, and think that it does not concern you, remember the chicken, pig and cow; when someone else is threatened, so are you!
Be careful, don’t overlook the truth of this Daily Meditation, because of the lightheartedness of the story.
That was a little country wisdom someone recently shared with
Rev4u@BellSouth.net who shared with his readers.
Just thought I'd pass it along.