Cake

Cake is a symbol of motivation and comfort. The mole is obsessed with cake. At one point, the mole tells the boy that his favorite saying is that if one does not succeed at first, he should have some cake. Drawings show the mole headfirst in a cake after he has indicated to himself that he will just eat one bite. Later, when the horse asks his friends what motivates them to keep going, the mole says that he is motivated by cake.

Snare

The snare is a symbol of death. When the boy and the mole find the fox, he is caught in a snare. Even though the fox threatens to eat the mole, the mole knows the fox will die if he is not released from the snare. The mole chews through the wire of the snare to save the fox’s life.

Heart