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Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you'll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it's two for one, A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone.

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Brian Jacques
Age: 71 †
Born: 1939
Born: June 15
Died: 2011
Died: February 5
Writer
City of Liverpool
James Brian Jacques
Away
Dawn
Mouse
Two
Cat
Thief
Look
Silly
Lock
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Pick
Mice
Picks
Locks
Regret
Thieves
Took
Locked
Gone
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