The peddler believed this world was nothing else but a big rattrap. The only purpose is to set bait for people in the form of luring offers. Peddler lost his way in the forest. It was trapping him now. He believed stealing was a rattrap in his case. The forest took him as a prison from which he could never escape. The peddler also told the ironmaster that the world is nothing but a rattrap and all the luxuries are the piece of cheese.