Save first n values from a file

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have a file with these values,

Name
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
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How can i save the first 3 values i.e. (a,b,c) to 3 different variables? i.e.

$i = a
$j = b
$k = c
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Need to repeat till the end of the file, so the next iteration these variable should have values,

$i = d
$j = e
$ = f
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