The Sphinx is just a cat in a mask

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To gain entrance to Thebes, the Sphinx said, you must first answer this riddle:

What creature has one voice, yet walks on four legs, then two legs, then finally three?

The heroes paused and grew quiet. Too quiet. The Sphinx had seen this many, many times before. These idiots had no imagination—no lateral thinking skills. She sighed a huge sigh, like a storm moving through a stone canyon. She did not feel like devouring these assholes today.

Hey, try this one then, she said:

What do you call a squirrel in outerspace?

—Excerpt from The Sphinx Is Just A Cat In A Mask

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