The Mouse Trap .
A mouse living in a farmhouse peeped out from his hole, one day, and got the shock of his life.The farmer was displaying a mousetrap he had bought, to his wife. Panic-stricken he ran out to consult his neighbours. But they were not at all helpful.
“Poor you,” said the dog. “But Master knows best. We have to bow to his decisions.” .
“Bad luck,” clucked the hen and rushed to catch a worm. ' '
“Obviously Master does not want you around!” guffawed the goat.
The mouse cowered in his hole that night, not daring to go out.
When the lights went out, a loud sound was heard. Some animal had sprung the trap.
The farmer’s wife came out of the bedroom and picked up the trap. In the darkness she did not see the snake dangling from it. The snake bit her and she fell unconscious.
The farmer rendered first aid and then seething with anger shot the dog for letting the snake come in.
His wife developed fever the next day and became very weak. Somebody told the farmer that chicken soup would restore her strength. He killed the hen and made soup. ‘
But the woman died a few days later. Many relatives came for the funeral and stayed on.
The farmer slaughtered the goat to feed them.
Thus the trap destroyed all the animals except the one it had been intended for!
Moral: Our lives are intertwined so don‘t be indifferent to others’ plight.
