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This story tells a valuable lesson! Many of us tend to believe that there is no need to become involved in a campaign against the issue of BULLYING....because it does not at this time affect our own personal lives.
BULLYING has an affect on every student in every school....whether they be the bully, the victim or the innocent bystander! When bullying affects a child, that child's family also feels the pain of hurt and humiliation.
REMEMBER...BULLYING CAN HAPPEN TO A FAMILY MEMBER...AT ANY TIME...today, tomorrow, next month or next year! Please don't believe that this issue is NOT ABOUT you! PLEASE JOIN OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE HES A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE PLACE FOR ALL STUDENTS!
IT TAKES A WHOLE SCHOOL TO STOP A BULLY!
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Mouse Story ..
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 out for 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.
REMEMBER! IT TAKES A WHOLE SCHOOL TO STOP A BULLY!
mpavie@crsd.org
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