Kinda corny-but I liked it
A rat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and
his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was
aghast to discover that it was a rat trap. Retreating to the
farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning; "There is a rat trap
in the house, a rat trap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
"Excuse me, Mr. Rat, 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 rat turned to the pig and told him, "There is a rat trap
in the house, a rat trap in the house!" "I am so very sorry
Mr.Rat," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I can
do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers."
The rat turned to the cow. She said, "Like wow, Mr. Rat. A
rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh?"
So the rat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to
face the farmer's rat trap alone. That very night a sound
was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rat trap
catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was
caught. In the darkness, she did not see that 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. She returned home with a
fever. Now 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. His wife's sickness continued so that
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, and so many people
came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and
think that it does not concern you, remember that when there
is a rat trap in the house, the whole farmyard is at risk.
his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was
aghast to discover that it was a rat trap. Retreating to the
farmyard the rat proclaimed the warning; "There is a rat trap
in the house, a rat trap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said,
"Excuse me, Mr. Rat, 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 rat turned to the pig and told him, "There is a rat trap
in the house, a rat trap in the house!" "I am so very sorry
Mr.Rat," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I can
do about it but pray. Be assured that you are in my prayers."
The rat turned to the cow. She said, "Like wow, Mr. Rat. A
rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh?"
So the rat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to
face the farmer's rat trap alone. That very night a sound
was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a rat trap
catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was
caught. In the darkness, she did not see that 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. She returned home with a
fever. Now 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. His wife's sickness continued so that
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, and so many people
came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to
provide meat for all of them to eat.
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and
think that it does not concern you, remember that when there
is a rat trap in the house, the whole farmyard is at risk.