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> > > >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.

> > >

> >

> >

> > =====

> > pray each day for your friends and family. give thanks for them everyday

> they are truly a gift from

> >

> > god.

> >