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It is said that the early bird gets the worm,
but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.

or the third mouse gets the cheese, if there are two cats. (n+1 mouse gets
the cheese,if there are n cats. eventually the late late late mouse may
obtain the cheese early the next morning, so who knows what happens to the
worm)