Das Rad

"Das Rad" (The Wheel, 2003) is a German short animation. It has been a while since I saw it, but now I just found it on youtube with subtitles, and decided to post it. Two rocks are sitting in the middle of a deserted place discussing the surrounding world, while years pass like seconds. Then strange things begin to happen. It all seems to begin with the discovery of a round shaped object by a human, and the idea what such things may be used for. In a short time (for them), they witness the emergence of the human empire...