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I'll give you three guesses, rabbit. digging holes in the ground? wrong. leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? wrong. waiting for somebody to help me out of the river? right. give rabbit time, and he'll always get the answer.
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I'll Give You Three Guesses, Rabbit. Digging

A. A. Milne
I'll give you three guesses, rabbit. digging holes in the ground? wrong. leaping from branch to branch of a young oak tree? wrong. waiting for somebody to help me out of the river? right. give rabbit time, and he'll always get the answer.
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