“The Saint and the Goblin” is a political satire from a right wing perspective. I don’t mean the sort of authoritarian right wing attitude that everything is fine as it is and we must resist and oppress change. It is the attitude that whatever changes there are in society there will always be unfairness and unhappiness, so why bother?
The saint hopes to make life better for the church mice. The goblin thinks it is not worthwhile.
There’s a curious combination of cynicism and gentleness about the story.