tooth-scars

Updated: May 20, 2025

There were tooth-scars on all furniture-legs; the fringes of rugs were chewed off; there were prints of mud, ink, paints, and whatnot, on curtains and wallpapers and coverlets. Poor Mrs. Spaniel kept running anxiously from the kitchen to renew apologies. "I DID try to keep 'em in order," she said, "but they seem to bash things when you're not looking."

Christopher Morley - Where the Blue Begins