“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.”

—  Brian Jacques , book Mossflower

Source: Mossflower

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British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy nov… 1939–2011

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