When, tucking a napkin close under her chin,

Each mew of dismay he return’d with a grin;

And yelling and chattering they raised such a clatter,

That Susan rush’d in to learn what was the matter;

When Pug, overturning the chair midst the clack,

Ran off, leaving Pussy stretched out on her back.

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