Sooty was a guinea pig from the UK who escaped from his cage one night and tunnelled, one by one, into the nearby cages of 24 female guinea pigs. The result: 43 little guinea pigs based on one night’s work.

Hello Sooty
Good to see you again
With a pocketful of cigars
And a tooth eating grin

Hello Sooty
Heard you been sneaking round
Lookin’ for honey in the jar
And birds’ nests on the ground

Hello Sooty
Looks like you did OK
You’re an overnight sensation
Is it true what they say

Twenty-five in a row
Now you got forty-three to show
When they said you’d gone missing
I knew you were a man on a mission
That’s a whole lot of huggin and kissing
But there ain’t no stopping
A man with a mission

Hello Sooty
You’re a real stud muffin
But I bet that twenty-fifth one
Was a mighty tough ‘un

Hello Sooty
All the ladies miss you
The next time you go a courting
Brother take me with you

Twenty-five in a row
Now you got forty-three to show
When they said you’d gone missing
I knew you were a man on a mission
That’s a whole lot of huggin and kissing
But there ain’t no stopping
A man with a mission

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