The little grey mouse that lived in my wall prospered for many days on nibbles of my lunch. I'd pack a meal before bed and, while I slept, he would take small bites of my lunch, which I left on the counter. He'd take a cracker crumble here, and a bread crumb there, but he wouldn't take too much and he'd always clean up after himself. Things were going quite well for him and I didn't even know that he existed, until he got sloppy. One night while I slept, he ate all my chips and left a big mess. When I awoke to this site, I knew what had happened to my chips. The next night he returned for another snack. He found a nice, delicious piece of cheese... lightly balanced on a mousetrap. Now I don't have to share my chips anymore.
What is the theme of this story?
What happens in this story that leads you to believe this?

Well if the meaning of the theme of a story is what the author is trying to convey - in other words, the central idea of the story, then the theme of the story would probably be that "What is done in the dark always comes to the light", which means that when you go behind others backs and do something wrong, sooner or later it will come up, and you will be what they call "punished" what happens in the story that makes me believe this would be the life lesson the mouse had got taught (something like that)

** let me know if this helps... i got stumped too**

(Brainliest when possible if i got it right)