A Little Fable

“Alas,” said the mouse, “the world shrinks a little more each day. It used to be so wide I was frightened. I ran and ran, and was glad when I finally saw walls in the distance, left and right. But these long walls are closing in so fast that I’m already in the last room, and in the corner stands the trap I’m running into.”

“You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up.