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.