One day in a poor town thousands of miles away from the nearest city, a rat looked through a crack in the wall to see a farmer and his wife opening a package.
What food might it contain? The rat was shocked to discover that it was a rat trap.
Retreating to the farmyard the rat announced the imminent risk;
"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. Not my problem"
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 then turned to the cow. She said, "Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh? I am the biggest here, do I look like I'll be trapped in one?"
So the rat returned to the house feeling rejected as he'll need 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 couldn't rush her to the hospital as the town had no transportation & that the nearest hospital is a few days travel.
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 therefore friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife still did not get well.
She died eventually & villagers came to her funeral & now the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all who came.
Moral of the story - 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.
Moral for us in business - If you're not part of a problem, You're part of a solution.
What food might it contain? The rat was shocked to discover that it was a rat trap.
Retreating to the farmyard the rat announced the imminent risk;
"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. Not my problem"
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 then turned to the cow. She said, "Like wow, Mr. Rat. A rat trap. I am in grave danger. Duh? I am the biggest here, do I look like I'll be trapped in one?"
So the rat returned to the house feeling rejected as he'll need 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 couldn't rush her to the hospital as the town had no transportation & that the nearest hospital is a few days travel.
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 therefore friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife still did not get well.
She died eventually & villagers came to her funeral & now the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all who came.
Moral of the story - 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.
Moral for us in business - If you're not part of a problem, You're part of a solution.
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