Life is hard when you're small. The world certainly seems tilted in the direction of bigger creatures. 'Large and in charge', 'looked down upon', 'high and mighty', it's like some part of everyone knows that it's better to be bigger than the other guy. You only need to look to the natural world to understand why.

Fump the puma and Tri the Fox were two very similar creatures. Both enjoyed lazy sunny days, both loved finding a good meal and both wanted to live long, happy lives. Perhaps if they'd been more similar, they could have been friends. Alas, Fump was big and Tri was small. As such, Fump can simply decide that his love of a good meal is more important than Tri's desire to live a long, happy live. While Tri probably had some concerns and complaints about this development, Fump didn't seem too interested in them. If the small can't convince the large to see things their way, then their way just isn't happening. Tri had no tools to force his way out of Fump's grip or Fump's gut. And despite his protests from within, neither the puma, nor his belly seemed to be swayed.

They were both sentient creatures with their own lives and desires, but that did not make them equals. There are no equals in nature. There are the big and there are the small.

Art by  JargonIceDragon