That’s Not My Problem!

A mouse looked through a hole in the wall. He saw that the farmer and his wife had a mouse trap (鼠夹) in the house. Wow! The mouse ran into the yard and   (1)  , “There’s a mouse trap in the house!” The chicken, the   (2)   and the cow were sorry for him. But they didn’t take it   (3)   and thought that it wasn’t their problem. That night, a sound was heard   (4)   the house. “  (5)   was caught in the trap? The farmer’s wife wondered. She   (6)   and ran to have a look. In the darkness, she didn’t see that it was a snake’s tail that was caught. And the snake bit her. The farmer took his wife to the   (7)   right away. Later she returned home with a fever. Everyone knows that chicken soup is   (8)   for a fever. So the farmer killed the chicken and made some chicken soup for his wife. But   (9)   that the wife was becoming worse and worse, so her friends and neighbors came to see her. To serve   (10)  , the farmer killed the pig. The farmer’s wife didn’t   (11)   well at last and died. And so many people came for her funeral (葬礼).   (12)   the farmer killed the cow to get meat for the visitors to eat.

So what are you   (13)   now? The next time when you hear that   (14)   around you is facing a problem and you think that it’s not your problem, remember that when he gets into trouble, it really means that you are also   (15)   the way to trouble! So give a hand if you can! You are just helping yourself!