The Mouse Story

Once upon a time, in the kitchen of a farmhouse, there lived a tiny, white mouse.

One day, looking through the crack in the wall the mouse watched as the farmer and his wife opened a package. "I wonder, what food the package might contain?" The mouse asked himself. He was devastated to discover it was a mouse-trap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: "There is a mouse-trap in the house! There is a mouse-trap in the house!" The chicken clucked and scratched searching for food. Raising her head, she turned to the mouse 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 mouse-trap in the house! There is a mouse-trap 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 mouse-trap in the house! There is a mouse-trap 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 mouse-trap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house. It was the sound of a mouse-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 was being held fast by the trap. The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and 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.

But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbours came to sit with her around the clock. In order to feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. Still the farmer's wife did not get well.

One day; she died. So many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

All the while poor little mouse could do was look upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear of someone who 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 support and encourage one another.

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A Glass of Milk

One day, a man who was hiking he stopped at small farm house  for a drink of cool spring water. A girl opened the door. He asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?" 

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness." 

He said..... "Then I thank you from my heart." As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. 

Year's later that young girl became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. 

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case. 

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. 

He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. 

She read these words..... 

"Paid in full with one glass of milk" 

(Signed)

Dr. Howard Kelly 

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You, God, that Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands." 

A generous man forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. - Old Proverb