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I have four legs (for I'm a mouse)

They're moving fast as the wind

If keen on staying in your house

On them I'll have to depend

Whenever you should say good-bye

I'll lounge about through the day

But once you're back, I just might fly

And hope my route doesn't sway

I'll nibble at your food, discrete

(Though this you've certainly known)

But don't you fret, I will not eat

You out of house and of home

If you should see me misbehave

And snag my butt by the tail

I'll rest in peace without a grave

And hope you burn in your hell

(Of course, that last part must be read with a Southern accent to rhyme, but that's not important for getting the answer. And please, no cruelty to animals in your answers.)

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maybe a T.V. tray or table?

I have four legs (for I'm a mouse)

They're moving fast as the wind

If keen on staying in your house

On them I'll have to depend

Whenever you should say good-bye

I'll lounge about through the day

But once you're back, I just might fly

And hope my route doesn't sway

I'll nibble at your food, discrete

(Though this you've certainly known)

But don't you fret, I will not eat

You out of house and of home

If you should see me misbehave

And snag my butt by the tail

I'll rest in peace without a grave

And hope you burn in your hell

(Of course, that last part must be read with a Southern accent to rhyme, but that's not important for getting the answer. And please, no cruelty to animals in your answers.)

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Not a fly; that would have six legs and no tail. A mobile table would have legs that move, but no tail. As for a cat, since you can see by my avatar that I AM a cat, I highly disapprove of any grabbing of our tails (part of what the "no cruelty to animals in your answers" bit was to exclude), or any notion that we would change our behavior based on the actions of any mere human.

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some sort of electric appliance.... going with refrigerator off the running part in the first stanza, but also leaning towards a ceiling fan with 4 blades...

dD (dyalDragon, not to be confused with DD DudleyDude) has this one with the second guess above. Not any of the animal guesses: I intended to rule those out with the whole bit about "no cruelty to animals with your answers" combined with the lines about "snagging my butt by the tail and making me rest in peace".

It has four legs that run literally as fast as the wind, but only when you're around, and has a "tail" you can grab to kill it. Although it uses some electricity, it's not nearly as much as, say, an air conditioner.

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dD (dyalDragon, not to be confused with DD DudleyDude) has this one with the second guess above. Not any of the animal guesses: I intended to rule those out with the whole bit about "no cruelty to animals with your answers" combined with the lines about "snagging my butt by the tail and making me rest in peace".

It has four legs that run literally as fast as the wind, but only when you're around, and has a "tail" you can grab to kill it. Although it uses some electricity, it's not nearly as much as, say, an air conditioner.

15 years of working as an electrician finally pays off... :thumbsup:

Nice one plasmid...

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