Small wonder she grew chubby, plump, and sleek!
After this diet for a week,
She heard some noise which made her wish to egress.
Where was the hole? She scuttled to and fro.
Surely ’twas this one? No—then this? Still less.
“Well, bless my soul!” she said, “’twas here, I know,
I wriggled through, hardly a week ago.”
A rat perceived how she was troubled.
“Since you’ve been here,” said he, “your paunch has doubled.
Thin you came in, and thin you must go out.”