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Teamwork story: When a mousetrap is not about the mouse
One day a mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package when they got home from the store. It was an ordinary day like any other for the mouse. She was wondering what food did the farmer and his wife bring home? But instead of delicious food, the farmer brought home a mousetrap. Retreating to the barnyard the mouse warned everyone “There’s a mousetrap in the house, a mousetrap in the house!”
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Excuse me, 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’s a rat trap in the house, a mousetrap in the house!” “I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about.”
Then the mouse turned to the cow which heard everything and said, “Like wow, Mr. Mouse a mousetrap. I am in grave danger duuuuh.” So the mouse returned to the house, head down and worried about how it will have to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone one day.
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 if they have finally caught the mouse. She was in such a hurry to see if…