A Little Fable
by Franz Kafka
"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day.
At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running
and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left,
but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already,
and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into."
"You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.
