“Permit me to remind you that a very small size has been bestowed on us Mice, and if we did not guard our dignity, some (who weigh worth by inches) would allow themselves very unsuitable pleasantries at our expense.”

Reepicheep the High Mouse offers these words to Aslan in C.S. Lewis’s Prince Caspian.

His meaning?

Read my essay It’s the Little Things — for free at Smartpop through Tuesday, November 27 — and see if you agree.

Enjoy!