The More Important Your Cheese Is To You,
The More You Want To Hold On To It.
The next day Hem and Haw left their homes, and returned to Cheese Station C again,
where they still expected, somehow, to find their Cheese.
The situation hadn’t changed, the Cheese was no longer there. The littlepeople didn’t
know what to do. Hem and Haw just stood there, immobilized like two statues.
Haw shut his eyes as tight as he could and put his hands over his ears. He didn’t know the Cheese supply had gradually
been getting smaller. He believed it had been moved all of a sudden.
Everyday, the littlepeople continued to do what they had done before. They went to
Cheese Station C, found no Cheese, and returned home, carrying their worries and
frustrations with them.
They tried to deny what was happening, but found it harder to get to sleep, had less
energy the next day, and were becoming irritable.
Their homes were not the nurturing places they once were. The littlepeople had
difficulty sleeping and were having nightmares about not finding any Cheese.
But Hem and Haw still returned to Cheese Station C and waited there everyday.
As Haw prepared to leave, he started to feel more alive, knowing that he was finally
able to laugh at himself, let go and move on.
He announced, “It's maze time!”
Hem didn't laugh and he didn't respond. Haw smiled. He knew Hem was wondering, “Who moved my Cheese?” but Haw was
wondering, “Why didn't I get up and move with the Cheese sooner?”
As he started out into the maze, Haw looked back to where he had come from and felt
its comfort. He could feel himself being drawn back into familiar territory - even
though he hadn't found Cheese there for some time.
Haw became more anxious and wondered if he really wanted to go out into the maze. Then he raced through the maze with greater strength and agility.
