谁动了我的奶酪-第7部分

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Afterwards；Hemfellasleep；asheoftendid。

Everynightthelittlepeoplewouldwaddlehome；fullofCheese；andeverymorningtheywouldconfidentlyreturnformore。

Thiswentonforquitesometime。

AfterawhileHem'sandHaw'sconfidencegrewintoarrogance。Soontheybecamesofortabletheydidn'tevennoticewhatwashappening。

Astimewenton；SniffandScurrycontinuedtheirroutine。TheyarrivedearlyeachmorningandsniffedandscratchedandscurriedaroundCheeseStationC；inspectingtheareatoseeiftherehadbeenanychangesfromthedaybefore。Thentheywouldsitdowntonibbleonthecheese。

OnemorningtheyarrivedatCheeseStationCanddiscoveredtherewasnocheese。

Theyweren'tsurprised。SinceSniffandScurryhadnoticedthesupplyofcheesehadbeengettingsmallereveryday；theywerepreparedfortheinevitableandknewinstinctivelywhattodo。

Theylookedateachother；removedtherunningshoestheyhadtiedtogetherandhungconvenientlyaroundtheirnecks；putthemontheirfeetandlacedthemup。

Themicedidnotoveranalyzethings。Andtheywerenotburdenedwithmanyplexbeliefs。

Tothemice；theproblemandtheanswerwerebothsimple。ThesituationatCheeseStationChadchanged。So；SniffandScurrydecidedtochange。

Theybothlookedoutintothemaze。ThenSniffliftedhisnose；sniffed；andnoddedtoScurry；whotookoffrunningthroughthemaze；whileSnifffollowedasfastashecould。

TheywerequicklyoffinsearchofNewCheese。

Laterthatsameday；HemandHawarrivedatCheeseStationC。Theyhadnotbeenpayingattentiontothesmallchangesthathadbeentakingplaceeachday；sotheytookitforgrantedtheirCheesewouldbethere。

Theywereunpreparedforwhattheyfound。

〃What！NoCheese？〃Hemyelled。Hecontinuedyelling；〃NoCheese？NoCheese？〃asthoughifheshoutedloudenoughsomeonewouldputitback。

〃WhomovedmyCheese？〃hehollered。

Finally；heputhishandsonhiships；hisfaceturnedred；andhescreamedatthetopofhisvoice；〃It'snotfair！〃

Hawjustshookhisheadindisbelief。He；too；hadcountedonfindingCheeseatCheeseStationC。Hestoodthereforalongtime；frozenwithshock。Hewasjustnotreadyforthis。

Hemwasyellingsomething；butHawdidn'twanttohearit。Hedidn'twanttodealwithwhatwasfacinghim；sohejusttunedeverythingout。

Thelittlepeoples'behaviorwasnotveryattractiveorproductivebutitwasunderstandable。

FindingCheesewasn'teasy；anditmeantagreatdealmoretothelittlepeoplethanjusthavingenoughofittoeateveryday。

FindingCheesewasthelittlepeoples'wayofgettingwhattheythoughttheyneededtobehappy。TheyhadtheirownideasofwhatCheesemeanttothem；dependingontheirtaste。

Forsome；findingCheesewashavingmaterialthings。Forothersitwasenjoyinggoodhealth；ordevelopingaspiritualsenseofwell…being。

ForHaw；Cheesejustmeantfeelingsafe；havingalovingfamilysomedayandlivinginacozycottageonCheddarLane。

ToHem；CheesewasbeingABigCheeseinchargeofothersandowningabighouseatopCamembertHill。

BecauseCheesewasimportanttothem；thetwolittlepeoplespentalongtimetryingtodecidewhattodo。AlltheycouldthinkofwastokeeplookingaroundCheeselessStationCtoseeiftheCheesewasreallygone。

WhileSniffandScurryhadquicklymovedon；HemandHawcontinuedtohemandhaw。

Theyrantedandravedattheinjusticeofitall。Hawstartedtogetdepressed。WhatwouldhappeniftheCheesewasn'ttheretomorrow？HehadmadefutureplansbasedonthisCheese。

Thelittlepeoplecouldn'tbelieveit。Howcouldthishavehappened？Noonehadwarnedthem。Itwasn'tright。Itwasnotthewaythingsweresupposedtobe。

HemandHawwenthomethatnighthungryanddiscouraged。Butbeforetheyleft；Hawwroteonthewall：

ThenextdayHemandHawlefttheirhomes；andreturnedtoCheeseStationCagain；wheretheystillexpected；somehow；tofindtheirCheese。

Thesituationhadn'tchanged；theCheesewasnolongerthere。Thelittlepeopledidn'tknowwhattodo。HemandHawjuststoodthere；immobilizedliketwostatues。

Hawshuthiseyesastightashecouldandputhishandsoverhisears。Hejustwantedtoblockeverythingout。Hedidn'twanttoknowtheCheesesupplyhadgraduallybeengettingsmaller。Hebelievedithadbeenmovedallofasudden。

Hemanalyzedthesituationoverandoverandeventuallyhisplicatedbrainwithitshugebeliefsystemtookhold。〃Whydidtheydothistome？〃hedemanded。〃What'sreallygoingonhere？〃

Finally；Hawopenedhiseyes；lookedaroundandsaid；〃Bytheway；whereareSniffandScurry？Doyouthinktheyknowsomethingwedon't？〃

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