adding fun
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Mom stopped, smiled, looked at Riley and
said:
Right you are! – And how much is two
thousand and two thousand?...
Mommy, what's one thousand plus one thousand?
Mommy smiles, and asks in return:
What's one child plus one child?
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That's easy, Two! Riley says immediately.
Two what? Two candies?
No way! Riley laughs, Two children!
And one dog plus one dog? Mom
continues.
Two, that's easy too!
Two ducks?
No… one dog plus one dog – that's two
dogs!
One flower plus one flower?
Two flowers.
One thousand plus
one thousand?
Two thousand!
2000200020002000 = = = = 1001001001000000 + + + + 1000100010001000
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One eye plus one eye?
Two eyes!
One smile plus one smile?
Two smiles!
Very nice, Mom says.
One pacifier plus one pacifier?
Two pacifiers.
Exactly! Says Mom, and smiles.
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And… one elephant plus one elephant?
Two elephants!
One titan plus one titan?
What's a titan, Mommy?
Does it matter, Riley?
Hmm… two titans?
One painter drawing a drawing plus one
painter drawing a drawing?...
Two painters drawing two drawings!
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One beach ball
plus one beach ball?
Two beaches balls!
Oops…
Two beach balls…!
One puppy plus one puppy?
Two puppies!
They're so cute...
Exactly!
One balloon's string plus one balloon's
string?
Two strings for two balloons?
Maybe, and maybe two strings for one
balloon!
And what's one window plus one window?
Easy, that's two windows!