the mouse and the elephant

is it really the mouse and the elephant?
could it be the snake and eve?

how would you tell the parable of the describing the decline of
civilizations that have eaten the forbidden fruit of good and evil
and have been thrown out of paradise
and have grown old and died?

imagine the large, but mostly poor elephant
perhaps that elephant symbolizes china or india
with large populations, a very small minority of which are wealthy
beyond measure

perhaps these wealthy but small populations could be symbolized by the
elephants beautiful tail?
or perhaps the trunk?
or perhaps a tiny parasol for protecting the elephants eyes while the
rest of it's body burns?

maybe the industrialized, sparesly populated, west is represented by a mouse
perhaps a well dressed mouse, with a tiny parasol - which covers its
whole body
perahps a well dressed and well ARMED mouse, with a tiny parasol and
nuclear powered aircraft carriers

now imagine that mouse has made some amazing money making machines
which actually just take beautiful nature, kill it, and take a small
piece, and throw the rest away, and keep a tiny piece
which is quickly or slowly melting the planet the mouse and elephant live on

now, only a very minority of the industrialized west is wealthy beyond
measure
and they understand what they are doing