A timid hotel chambermaid,
Of burglars was so much afraid,
She looked under the bed
Saw a mouse there instead.
And the guests quite enjoyed the parade.

[Foolish Limericks Now and Then are Relished by the Best of Men. Chicago Tribune, 1 May 1910. panel 2.]

There was an old person who said,
“I hear something under my bed
What on earth can it be?
I dare’nt look and see
I believe I shall perish with dread!”