Every time I'm not reading, I'm thinking about reading.
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There are four main characters in the story:
The story begins where all four characters live in a maze and find one reliable source of cheese. However, one day, after eating all the cheese, they find that it is gone. The two mice, who have been noticing changes in the quality and quantity of cheese at that station, were able to quickly adapt and go back into the maze to find a new source.
The little people were not able to adapt as quickly.
They had settled their lives around this one source of cheese and were not prepared to leave it. Hem resists change, fueled with anger and denial of why this resource has been depleted and anticipates that it will come back. The comfort of that station overpowers his desire to find a new one.
Haw, on the other hand, also initially resists change, but eventually comes to terms with the depleted resource and goes into the maze to find a new source of cheese. Along the way, he learns many lessons about change, which he writes on the walls of the maze so that Hem can learn from them if he chooses to follow.
The lessons Haw learns are:
Basically, change is coming and the quicker we move and iterate, the faster we can find success.