Zero was a big round number.
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Zero was a big round number.
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When she looked at her reflection, she just saw a hole… right in her center.
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Every day she watched the numbers
line up.
670 She wanted to count
too.
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But how could a number worth nothing become something?
0Zero felt empty
inside.
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She watched One having fun with the others.
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One was solid and strong with bold strokes and squared corners.
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0Zero was big and round with no corners at all.
“If I were like One, then I could count too!” she thought.
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She pushed and pulled.
She stretched and straightened.
She flipped and turned and finally
became...
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0Z e r o
She sighed. Becoming like One, was too much of a stretch.
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Eight and Nine rolled into the scene.
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“If you doubled yourself up,
you’d be like me!” said Eight.
8 9So Zero twisted and
turned to try to be Eight
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“Or you could be a nine with a longer line!” said
Nine.
8 9So Zero pinched and
puckered to try to be like Nine.
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0But Zero could only be Zero.
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“We’re on our way to join the others!” said Nine.
89“Come count with us!” said Eight.
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Zero felt deflated.
890Eight and Nine
were numbers with value.
Of course they’d count. How could
they know how she felt?
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00Zero had a new thought...
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0If she could impress the other
numbers, that would give her value.
Sh’e leap, she’d soar, she’d sizzle, she’d shine.
She’d make a grand entrance and floor them all!.
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0Zero began to spin.
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0And then spin faster.
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0And faster.
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0And faster.
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0And then she leaped into the
air….
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…right into One,
who knocked over Two,
…where they all ended up in a big pile on Nine!
who crashed into Seven and Eighttoppling over Five and Six,
who fell into Three and Four,
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9012345All of the numbers were bent out of
shape.
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“It’s no use trying,” sobbed Zero. “I’ll never have value.
I’ll never be part of the count,” she said.
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“It’s what’s inside that counts most” pointed out
Seven.07Zero looked at herself.
“But… what if I don’t have anything inside?”
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07“Every number has value,” said
Seven.“Be open. You’ll find a way.”
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0Suddenly Zero saw herself in a
new light.
I’m not empty inside. I’m open!
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Zero rolled up to the other numbers.
670 I thought of a way
for us to count even more,” she said.
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“Count more?”, asked Four
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89“Woo hoo!”, said Two
“That sounds great!” exclaimed Eight
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12345“Everyone counts!”
the numbers shouted.
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Zero jumped in. Then she leaped up high and
said.“Here’s something we
can try!If we help each other
soar, we can count even more! “ 67
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And what’s next?20
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10,000100 1,000
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1,000,000“We do count more!”
the numbers cheered.
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Zer o and the numbers explored and had fun, bringing more value
to everone!
56040230 7080900502600
010,902
8,675,309
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0And this time when Zero looked
at herself,
She felt whole… right in her center!
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