“Ah, how could this be,” the mouse said.

“The world is getting narrower every day.

At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, and I kept running and running.

I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left.

But these long walls closed in so quickly that now I am in the last room, and over there in the corner is the trap I am running towards.”

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