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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.
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I know it's glurge, but I've always liked that story...
ETA: Tootsie, about the snake, sure it's still around, but they'd all still be alive... most likely the snake would eventually eat the mouse, and then bugger off to look for more. It's not in the best interests of a snake to kill something it cannot eat, so if it's not trapped and/or feeling threatened, it's most likely going to leave everyone alone.
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Why was the mousetrap such a big deal if the mouse knew what it was? Since he saw them taking it out and all, presumably he could just avoid it (i.e., not take the cheese/bait which would trigger the trap).
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quote: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.
What kind of jerk neighbors does this farmer have? Everyone knows that you bring a cassarole when someone is sick/dead.
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quote:Originally posted by Artemis: Why was the mousetrap such a big deal if the mouse knew what it was? Since he saw them taking it out and all, presumably he could just avoid it (i.e., not take the cheese/bait which would trigger the trap).
Well you knowe mice of today. Drama queens, every last one of the squeaky little bastards.
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quote:Originally posted by Artemis: Why was the mousetrap such a big deal if the mouse knew what it was? Since he saw them taking it out and all, presumably he could just avoid it (i.e., not take the cheese/bait which would trigger the trap).
Well you knowe mice of today. Drama queens, every last one of the squeaky little bastards.
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quote: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.
What kind of jerk neighbors does this farmer have? Everyone knows that you bring a cassarole when someone is sick/dead.
And why did the pig deserve that? He told the mouse there was nothing he could do, but that he'd keep him in his prayers - what else was a pig supposed to do about a mousetrap?
quote:Originally posted by Alex: And why did the pig deserve that? He told the mouse there was nothing he could do, but that he'd keep him in his prayers - what else was a pig supposed to do about a mousetrap?
Yeah, the pig got a bad rap! he's a good, God Fearing Christian Pig™, praying for the mouse's life. His prayers to God were answered, by having the snake (a.k.a The Debil) caught in the trap in the mouse's stead. And for having his prayer answered, he was slaughtered!
What kind of message does that send out, in a freakin' glurge??!! "Pray to God for help for others and He will answer you, but God won't have your back when you need it"?
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The snake was probably coming to help and look what happened to him.
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The glurge is made extra stupid by the fact the point was made much better in the famous "When they came for _____, I said nothing, because I was not a _____..." quote from the preacher taken away by the Nazis.
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That was Martin Niemöller. His famous statement is often translated:
quote:When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent for I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent for I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out for I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I did not speak out for I was not a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
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Both this "Mouse" glurge and the "They came for" have been posted on the same email list at yahoogroups. The mouse one was posted last February, and again today. Argh. It's bad enough when chain mail is posted at all, but to be repeated, and on the same lists no less...Too much.
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What kind of message does that send out, in a freakin' glurge??!! "Pray to God for help for others and He will answer you, but God won't have your back when you need it"? [/QB]
The message is: Jesus is a Jack@ss.
I think the real point of the glurge is that a real friend would.....aw #### it, there is no point to it.
no wait! Snakes on a Farm!
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quote:Originally posted by TrishDaDish: Yeah, the pig got a bad rap! he's a good, God Fearing Christian Pig™...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're a pig, chicken, or cow and you're living on a farm, isn't there a pretty good chance you're going to get eaten anyway?
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Well, cotton doesn't need much wrangling and cats don't eat boll weevils so there's not much call for farm cats out in west Texas.
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