Mar 12, 2003, 06:02 PM
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Re: The meek and the strong
Bravo!
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John Krueger AMA 572030
I think I can save it!
"Micheal H. Gordon" <mikegordon10@attbi.com> wrote in message
news:3E6F6412.78EB1D2B@attbi.com...
> A mouse 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 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, raised her head and said,
> "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you 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."
> "I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse," sympathized the pig, "but there is
> nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my
> prayers."
> The mouse turned to the cow, who replied,
> "Like wow, Mr. Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, Duh?"
> 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, like 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 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, in fact, she died, and so many
> people came for her funeral 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 the least of us is
> threatened, we are all at risk.
>
> And so it may come to pass with Germany, France,
> Belgium............................
>
> First, get your facts straight. Then you can manipulate them all you
> want.
> -Mark Twain
> --
> Mike Gordon AMA 320990
> Remember; RC Pylon Racing, the Ultimate Thrill,
> when sex and drugs just ain't enough
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