Alice's Adventures Under Ground — Chapter 2

We lived beneath the matWarm and snug and fatBut one woe, + thatWas the cat!To our joysa clog, Inour eyes afog, On ourhearts a logWas the dog!When thecat's away,Thenthe micewillplay,But, alas!one day, (So they say)Came the dog andcat, Huntingfor arat,Crushedthe miceall flat,Eachoneashesat.Underneaththe mat,Warm,+ snug,+ fat—Think of that!