When free allowed to roam in doors,

The mischief that he did was great;

The walls, the furniture, the floors,

He made in a terrific state.

He nibbled at the table cloth,

And trod the carpet into holes,

And in his gambols, nothing loth,

Kicked over scuttles full of coals.

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In short the mischief was immense