Thank you to the writer of this parable... this came to me in an email from colleague Janene (thank you Janene!)- not sure of the identity of the original author... however WELL SAID whoever you are!! Actually, who does write so much of the stuff that we get in our emails - some of it is really, really good!
What's a mouse got to do with teamwork? Here's a very brief story about teamwork…
A little mouse living on a farm was looking through a crack in the wall one day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package. The mouse was intrigued by what food the package may contain. He was aghast to discover that it was a mousetrap. The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone "there is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house".
The chicken raised his head and said "Mr Mouse, I can tell you this trap is a grave concern to you, but it has no consequence to me and I cannot be bothered with it."
The mouse turned to the pig, "I am so very sorry Mr Mouse, but the trap is no concern of mine either."
The mouse then turned to the bull. "Sounds like you have a problem, Mr Mouse," the bull said, "but not one that concerns me."
The mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected that no one would help him or was concerned about his dilemma. He knew he had to face that trap on his own.
That night the sound of a trap catching its prey was heard throughout the house. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she could not see that it was a venomous snake who's tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife.
The wife developed a bad fever and the farmer knew the best way to treat a fever was with chicken soup. He took his hatchet to the farmyard to get the soup's main ingredient.
The wife got sicker and friends and neighbours came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. The farmer knew he had to feed them, so he butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not get better, however. In fact she died. So many friends and family came to her funeral that the farmer had to slaughter the bull to feed them all.
So - the next time you hear that one of your team-mates is facing a problem and think it does not concern or affect you, remember that when anyone of your team is in trouble, we are all at risk!
Give us back SCHAPELLE .
ANGER WILL NOT GET US ANY WERE WE GET THE PEOPLE BEHIND SCHAPELLE WE STAND AT THE SUPERMARKETS WITH A PAPER AND PEN GETTING THEM TO PUT THEIR NAME ON IT' IF WE ALL STOOD OUT SIDE FOR MABY TWO HURS A DAY ' WE CAN GET SCHAPELLE HOME I AM GOING TO DO THIS..AND ASK ALL TO DO IT 'IN THE NAME OF GOD WERE ARE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS ' SCHAPELL HAD NO CHANCE SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY BEFORE SHE GOT TO COURT..AS FOR BALIE I WILL NEVER GO NEAR THE PLACE AGAIN FRIENDS HAD TICKETS FOR THREE WEEKS ,,THEY HAVE CANCELED LOSEING MOST OF THEIR MONEY BETTER THAT THAN LOSEING THEIR LIFE..WE ARE ON OUT OWN AS SOON AS WE LEAVE AUSTRALIAN SOIL.
THE GOVERMENT DOES NOT GIVE A DAM WHAT HAPPENS TO US YOU SEE OUR FATHER IS NOT IN GOVERMENT ' WE CANNOT GET GOVERMENT CARS TO PICK US UP' FROM NIGHTCLUBS WHEN WE ARE 18 TEEN . I WOULD LOVE A LIMO TO PICK ME UP AND I AM SURE WOULD WE ALL BUT ONLY IN VICTORIA AND YOU FATHER IS THE BOSS OF ALL YOU CAN GET THIS..HOW MANY MORE PERKS ARE THEY GETTING..THIS CAN BE PROVEN HE BRAGS ABOUT IT..BUT THEY ARE LETTING SCHAPELLE ' ROT IN A CELL IN A COUNTRY..WERE LIFE IS HELD CHEEP..GOD HELP US ALL
Posted by: catherine flannigan | May 29, 2005 at 11:33 AM