It's a frightening world out there if you are a mouse. From her perspective, a ball is gigantic, but for the cat this round object is small; for the mouse, a puddle is deep, but for the one who is pursuing her it is shallow; a ball of wool is big and the yarn is long. But things can change when you think it's all going your way as the cat finds out.

Columbian author Claudia Rueda has fashioned a spiffy story that will resonate with children between the ages of 3 and 6 years who know what it is like to be vulnerable. The inspiring lesson from the mouse and the cat confrontation is that it's a scary world out there but things can be turned around in a blink of the eye.