Super Mouse

Mouse Life

(re-posted)

Not long ago i said something about the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" which, i said, very much a factor that gave me enough courage to move to where I am now (@ Dell). I consider that move as a leap of faith. Since, then i got so fascinated with mice. Well, perhaps mouse has big rules in our modern life. WE have had Mickey Mouse, Jerry, in Tom and Jerry Show, Little Stuart etc., etc., etc.

Recently, there was a forwarded email in my inbox. Some of you must have received it already . It's about a mouse again. This one is a very short story but speaks so much about how we should take care of our family or friends (not only in Friendster :) or society.

Here it is:

Mouse Story ...

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.

SEND THIS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT

AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.

REMEMBER:

EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY;

OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.

One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend .