by Franz Kafka
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“Alas,” said the mouse, “the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid. I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.”
“You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up.
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Franz Kafka (1883 – 1924) was born in Prague. He was a novelist and short story writer whose work, “The Metamorphosis,” is perhaps one of the most well-know short stories within the canon of literature. He wrote several novels: The Trial, The Castle and Amerika.
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