Aye gat him friends in ilka place, every
His breast was white, his tousie back shaggy
Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black:
His gawsie tail, wi' upward curl, joyous
Hung o'er his hurdles wi' a swirl. buttocks
Nae doubt but they were fain o' ither, glad
And unco pack and thick thegither; intimate
Wi' social nose whyles snuff'd and snowkit;
Whyles mice and moudieworts they howkit; moles, dug