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post Apr 7 06, 18:08
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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 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 the farmer 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.
 
SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER HELPED YOU OUT AND LET THEM KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY AREREMEMBER: EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSONS 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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post Apr 8 06, 11:10
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Apparently a parable showing that we are all connected.
 
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post Apr 8 06, 11:41
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Yes - and we could even tie it to our Mosaic..


Building tiles is saying we are making new friends in our lives...

Very interesting!
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"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Collaboration feeds innovation. In the spirit of workshopping, please revisit those threads you've critiqued to see if the author has incorporated your ideas, or requests further feedback from you. In addition, reciprocate with those who've responded to you in kind.

"I believe it is the act of remembrance, long after our bones have turned to dust, to be the true essence of an afterlife." ~ Lorraine M. Kanter

Nominate a poem for the InterBoard Poetry Competition by taking into careful consideration those poems you feel would best represent Mosaic Musings. For details, click into the IBPC nomination forum. Did that poem just captivate you? Nominate it for the Faery award today! If perfection of form allured your muse, propose the Crown Jewels award. For more information, click here!

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