So why is it that the people in the story who have been shrunk don't run out into the middle of the room to get someone's attention? Why be satisfied with just making mouse-like sounds that no one can hear? At the end of the story, why doesn't the protagonist try to get his freind's attention visually? Are they afraid of the cat? Just wondering?

I love the actress who plays Ms. Sagamore. She has just the right sort of grandmotherly voice that makes her evil actions all the more frightening. Bad guys are rarely interesting if they are obviously evil. It's much more interesting to have an antagonist who seems oblivious to the fact that what they are doing is wrong.