“Like any normal cat Madame Phloi lived by the Rule of Three. She resisted any innovation three times before accepting it, tackled an obstacle three times before giving up, and tried each activity three times before tiring of it.”
Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Had 14 Tales
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