With a happy but complex feeling, I closed the book and drowned myself into deep thought. I have to recognize that it』s lucky for me to read this book, which is just like a mirror of our daily life.
Two lovely mice Sniff, Scurry together with two little people Hem and Haw live in a big maze. They have to find cheese to feed themselves. Just as their names show, Sniff has a great sense of sniff and Scurry is able to run very fast. However, they are mice with simple thoughts. There』s no doubt that two little people are much cleverer than these mice, which are regarded as low-level creature by people. But the ending is surprising enough: the mice become the lucky dog and firstly adapt the changing situation. While the mice have already found new cheese and tasted the happiness of adventure, our two little people are still discussing the reasons and anglicizing their situation. They are afraid of changing and losing, because their wisdom tells them changing is a dangerous thing. This time, wisdom is no longer an advantage for them. Apparently, humans』 overly complicated and emotional intelligence sometimes do not advance way. The poorest character is Hem, no one knows his fate in the future, but we can imagine how hard it will be. Refusing changes bring him nothing but sadness. Haw is much luckier, though his action is not as quick as two mice, he take changes the moment he awake to his fault and learn a lot from the process. There』s no doubt that Haw』s handwriting on the wall is the brightest point in the whole story. These truths encourage us to go out of the dilemma and adjust ourselves to the changing circumstances and enjoy the changes
Obviously, the maze represents our whole life and cheese represent the valuable things that we pursuit. We ourselves are playing the role of mice or little people in our realistic life. May be you’re mice who can take quick actions to change, then congratulations! But what if you are Hem? I believe no one of us want to be a second Hem without any cheese. So, just try to become Haw, simplify the problems and try new things without worrying. Surprise is ahead of you, success is just there, waiting for you.
In my opinion, this story is a kind of scathing satire on people who don』t have an ability to adapt new surroundings quickly. In the future, change is the only constant. If you don』t want to be eliminated by the changing time, if you want to keep pace with the changing tide, please keep the alertness and give up conservative ideas. The future is full of changes, since you are already in the maze, how to find your" cheese" is the problem you have to deal with. There』s an old saying in China called security is the biggest enemy. No one can deny that a constant job or something will kill people』s passion. But it will lead only two kinds of consequences: you make no progress or your condition becomes much worse. Someone refuse to change because of the fear from the bottom of their heart. If you can』t overcome this psychology barrier, you can』t knock open the door of success. All depends on you, choose to change and have a better life or to be stubborn and lose all the old cheese.
Life is changing. Change is the only constant in the future. All you can do is to try your best to adapt the changing world bravely. God help those who help and change themselves!