The restless energy of the "mischief night" found expression in new surroundings: rowdy boys knocked down fences tipped over outhouses and wreaked other havoc.

“恶作剧之夜”的不安能量在新环境下有了新的表达方式，闹哄哄的男孩子推倒围栏，弄翻小屋，到处惹是生非。

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Long ago, British children believed that every year they were entitled to one lawless night of pranks they could not be punished for, and this was called Mischief Night.

从前，英国的孩子相信，他们每年都有权力在一个晚上随心所欲，恣意妄为，并且做什么都不会被惩罚。 他们还把这一晚美其名曰“淘气之夜”。

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"Where the Wild Things Are. The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another " It was a spot near the trees that frame the South lawn, where books borrowed from a local library were read aloud.

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For sheer gratuitous destruction, you'd have to conjure a suburban teenager on Mischief Night.

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Five patients from McNamara's old hospital sat in the front row on opening night, "laughing like drains" at seeing their mischief portrayed on stage.

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