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Topic: A mouse story
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Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted October 14, 2006 04:07 PM
 
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>> Mouse Story ...
>> A mouse looked through the
>> crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.
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>> "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered -
>> he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
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>> Retreating to the farmyard,
>> the mouse proclaimed the
>> warning.
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>> "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!"
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>> The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse.
>> I'm sorry for you,
>> but it's no skin off my nose."
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>> So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected,
>> to face the farmer's mousetrap-- alone.
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>> That very night a sound was heard throughout the house --
>> like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great
>> sadness.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>> Amen.IP: Logged |
Peri
Moderator Posts: 2447
From: Kyiv, Ukraine
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted October 14, 2006 04:17 PM
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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.
wise words   ------------------
Where there is feeling, Life itself is right behind.
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Azalaksh
Knowflake Posts: 6485
From: New Brighton, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted October 14, 2006 05:31 PM
Good words to remember -- thanks blue!!  Zala IP: Logged |
chrononaut
Knowflake Posts: 17
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Registered: Aug 2006
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posted October 14, 2006 06:46 PM
Thanks. Great story.------------------
God is, all else is a lie. IP: Logged |
DayDreamer
Knowflake Posts: 4841
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Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 14, 2006 08:02 PM
GU would also be a nice place to post this story  IP: Logged |
lovely*
Knowflake Posts: 2141
From: CA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 14, 2006 08:20 PM
moral of the story:never trust farm animals!  PS. couldn't the mouse just not eat the food in the trap? why not eat the pig's slop?
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Dulce Luna
Knowflake Posts: 4598
From: The Asylum
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted October 14, 2006 09:05 PM
Nice story...IP: Logged |
hot_ice
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posted October 14, 2006 10:33 PM
hmm....I dont get it..what could've the pig and the cow done? what did the mouse expect them to do? get the mouse and the farmer on the negotiating table with the farmer??whatever... IP: Logged |
lovely*
Knowflake Posts: 2141
From: CA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 14, 2006 10:57 PM
hot ice. yes. get that cow, pig, chicken to get in there and mediate. IP: Logged |
PhoenixFlight
Knowflake Posts: 61
From: MN USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted October 17, 2006 02:20 AM
Wow,Some folks just don't get the concept of indifference. I found it thought provoking. Sometimes we could all use a bit of advice or a sympathetic ear; it's to bad the only caring one got the axe too. It is also ironic that the snake would have eaten the mouse, but the mouse was busy trying to warn the others. He was trying to help others & get help himself. I liked that story! ------------------
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
AKA - Kim Rogers IP: Logged |
Nephthys
Moderator Posts: 3800
From: California
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 17, 2006 11:45 PM
 WONDERFUL!!!!!! It is SOOOOO True! We are here to help others!!! Especially when they ask!  IP: Logged |
lovely*
Knowflake Posts: 2141
From: CA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 18, 2006 01:33 AM
Kim Rogers, are you for real? haha.I saw something totally different. I perceived the mouse as a drama mouse, wanting the other animals to somehow fix the mouses' situation. To me, the mouse seemed co-dependent and hysterical and hungry and wanted others to help change his situation. So was the mouse a crusader, trying to save the animals from thier eventual fate? I don't think so. Was the mouse seeking help, and if so,,,really. What would the other animals do? Go on strike? I believe in helping others when it's within your power to do so. There is wisdom in non infringement, wisdom in allowing others to find thier way. To me this story is not about indifference, but isn't it beautiful as human's we can perceive things so differently? Anyway, would you apply the same analogy if a gazelle out in the wild scurried around the serengetti & talked to the elephant, the hippo and giraffe crying out the Lions are staking out his bush? Besides, I don't like mice or rats in my house. I sympathize with the farmer. I cried when I had to kill/trap a rat over the summer. But he was nuisance eating my tomatoes we worked so hard to grow. And those lil f-ers even waited until they were just turning [pink]. I even left them/it one tomato to finsh off but NO.. it had to start in on another one. Rat facts: A rat can dislocate its shoulders to squeeze into a space the size of a quarter. A mouse, the size of a dime. When a rat or mouse is killed by a food trap, other mice/rats [thier friends and family] approach the dead adn smell it's breath to take note of what foods to avoid. (you have to change the food in the trap each time).. Rats/mice adore garages and will eat through electrical wires under the hood of your car to file thier teeth (because thier teeth never stop growing.)
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PhoenixFlight
Knowflake Posts: 61
From: MN USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted October 18, 2006 02:35 AM
Lovely,Yes I am for real; it was a STORY! I'm not such a bleeding-heart that I will let vermin in my house. That's unhealthy. I read an allegory. It was a tale of a mouse who, perhaps, thought that this may effect others, and he, himself, didn't know what to do about the situation. Many people in a panic might shout it from the rooftops as well. So what if it seemed "dramatic". It is interesting how so many people can read one story & get many different views from it. I guess that is what makes the world such an amusing place.  ------------------
When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
AKA - Kim Rogers IP: Logged |
26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 13411
From: *
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted October 18, 2006 03:39 AM
Well, I had always thought chicken soup was meant for a cold not a fever ......ah, who cares? Maybe both? Nice story just the same.IP: Logged |
hot_ice
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Registered: Oct 2004
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posted October 18, 2006 06:57 AM
1)The mouse was trying to save it's worthless butt,not warn others.2)the snake was never in the picture,it must've sneaked in at some point of time,the mouse didnt know about the snake It only knew about the snake when the snake was caught... 3)It's a good thing they all sit didnt sit and cry with the mouse cause they died soon,they atleast did more with their lives.. 4)they shoud've kicked the damn mouse into the trap,cause mice are horrible creatures who spread diseases,their sole purpose is to spread plague and exterminate the human race... 5)oh my god,I actually analyzed this story. Pigs,chickens,cows,donkeys,and other farm animals,you ROCK!
P.S:what a dumb mouse...he knew where the trap was...why couldnt he just avoid it...if your intelligent enough to identify,your obviously intelligent enough to avoid it too....
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Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted October 18, 2006 08:51 AM
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hot_ice
Knowflake Posts: 1012
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posted October 18, 2006 08:56 AM
But the mouse knew there was one...You dont have to see the trap,you just have to know...and it knew...  P.S:I think the farmer used a different model IP: Logged |
lovely*
Knowflake Posts: 2141
From: CA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 18, 2006 12:22 PM
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Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted October 18, 2006 02:46 PM
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pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted October 18, 2006 04:10 PM
The poor guy! I feel for him.
He lost his wife and the animals on his farm, and he has an infestation of mice and snakes in his walls.
Can't a guy get a break?IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted October 18, 2006 04:12 PM
 Anyone want some bread? IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted October 18, 2006 04:15 PM
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sue g
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From: former land of the leprechaun
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted October 18, 2006 05:21 PM
A great moral tale....thanks Blue...  IP: Logged |
lovely*
Knowflake Posts: 2141
From: CA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted October 18, 2006 05:32 PM
that bread one...  IP: Logged |
Bluemoon
Knowflake Posts: 4456
From: Stafford, VA USA
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posted October 18, 2006 07:15 PM
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