The converse, however, is not  A big thing made tiny is not comic; it's cute, a dollhouse, a teddy bear, a bonny wee Boris Yeltsin no bigger than your thumb--he can ride to the Duma on the back of a mouse, if he's not too drunk.
Boris Yeltsin had an unfortunate account with a shrink-ray and now rides a mouse.
mnli hypothesis: Boris Yeltsin had an unfortunate account with a shrink-ray and now rides a mouse. premise: The converse, however, is not  A big thing made tiny is not comic; it's cute, a dollhouse, a teddy bear, a bonny wee Boris Yeltsin no bigger than your thumb--he can ride to the Duma on the back of a mouse, if he's not too drunk.