The Court Reporting Industry Could Learn From This Simple Lesson!

The Mouse Story with a Moral!

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to
see the farmer and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain?'

The mouse wondered …

He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed
the warning:

’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!’

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 mousetrap ...alone.

That very night a sound was heard
throughout the house -- like the sound of
a mousetrap catching its prey.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in
the wall with great sadness.

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.

We are all involved in this journey called life.

We must keep an eye outfor 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.

Have a great week and be good to yourself!