Turn about was fair play. The humans had kept the panther in captivity and now he would do the same with them. The panther used his paw to dig a huge trench around the humans. When the panther was finished some of the humans looked over the edge of the trench. It was a few hundred feet deep and would be difficult to climb down and then climb up the other side.
The panther had another idea to prevent escape. The people looked on in horror as the panther appeared to get larger. Then they looked around at the environment and everything looked like it was growing. They were shrinking. They were only one inch tall when the panther stopped shrinking them.
To the humans the panther looked like it 72 miles tall, far larger than any mountain. To the panther the humans were to small to see. He decided to gather some more humans to keep in the enclosure. Before he left he warned all other animals to stay away from his humans or they would be shrunk too.
The panther made a few trips, gathering humans in his mouth, shrinking them, and depositing them in their new home. He stopped when there were enough humans to be noticed by himself. Job done the panther lays down to digest his meal. He curls up around the enclosure, his body easily surrounding the entire area.
While the panther is sleeping the humans decide to...