A mother mouse was giving her baby mice their first tour of the barn. She and the children walked from one end of the barn to the other. They were enjoying their walk until they came face to face with a large cat who seemed quite eager to pounce upon them. But, rather than succumb to cruel fate, the mother mouse drew up her face, looked the cat straight in the eye . . . and began to loudly bark like a dog! The cat was so startled that it turned tail and ran away. The mother mouse turned to her children and said, "Kids, it's like I've always told you . . . it's a good idea to learn a second language." With the growing diversity which we are experiencing in this country, maybe we all need to learn a second language.

In his letter to the Corinthians Paul writes of the "new language " he has …