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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A little mouse living on a farm was looking through a crack in the wall one </SPAN></FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package. The mouse was </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">intrigued by what food the package may contain. He was aghast to <BR>discover that it was a mouse trap. <BR> <BR>The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone "there is a mouse trap <BR>in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house." <BR> <BR>The chicken raised his head and said "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this trap is </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">a grave concern to you, but it has no consequence to me and I cannot be </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">bothered with it." <BR> <BR>The mouse turned to the pig, "I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, but the <BR>trap is no concern of mine either." <BR> <BR>The mouse then turned to the bull. "Sounds like you have a problem, <BR>Mr. Mouse," the bull said, "but not one that concerns me." <BR> <BR>The mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected that no one <BR>would help him or was concerned about his dilemma. He knew he had <BR>to face the trap on his own. <BR> <BR>That night the sound of a trap catching its prey was heard throughout the </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">house. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">she could not see that it was a venomous snake who's tail the trap had <BR>caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. <BR> <BR>The wife developed a bad fever and the farmer knew the best way to <BR>treat a fever was with chicken soup. He took his hatchet to the farmyard <BR>to get the soup's main ingredient. The wife got sicker and friends <BR>and neighbors came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. <BR>The farmer knew he had to feed them, so he butchered the pig. <BR> <BR>The farmer's wife did not get better, however. In fact she died, and <BR>so many friends and family came to her funeral that the farmer had <BR>to slaughter the bull to feed all of them. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>So - the next time we hear that one of your brothers is facing a <BR>problem and think it does not concern or affect you, remember that <BR>when anyone of our friends is in trouble, we are all at risk.<BR><BR>A friend in need is a friend in deed!!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV><EM><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#ff0000 size=4>From the desk of Bonnie <IMG src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"></FONT></EM></DIV><p>
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