A REVOLT.

North Otago Times, 26 July 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

A REVOLT.

k'lhc numbers Two, Naught, One, ~Thico, Foiti, , And Seven, Nine, Si\, Five, Eight , l/ustililglitMipon-the schoolroom floor ■ 'Engaged in hot dibnte i And each legaldlcss tiled to show | Tlie.'tresktoo-high .wore, he.too low ; And claimed Jie cause had, to be nettledThat* thus"llls' station -had been setlied 1 "IMrliko .to see." cried waspish. 3, "How 6 is twice as big as me." ■' ( Andr-I would just inquire," snapped 2, . . ! "Whyranvnot as big iisy.ou, . : Look hero : nltho' I'm on my knees, | l'm-quite-as: tnll. -sir, if .you-plense." j Said B.:."And wliv should I not count ( As much as 9, does in amount ? ! He has but one loop. I declare, And-1; have-two. It isn't fair." "That's so," agreed G, with a frown,' "Who turned him up ahd. turned mo down ?" And. now behold 8; 9, nnd 0 : Exchangingwords as cross as sticks, ■■ And 0 refused to bo thus named, ■■ But in a petty rago exclaimed ; - •> "Tho' I am Naught, you other chaps i. Have oftoumotlccd it, perhaps, -That when they place mo at your i' . sido • I.Teii. times your worth Is ■multiplied." :••"Arid; higher still the. hubbub swelled, )• As evory number thero rebelled, • - - Against tho arrogant did. mentors, 'j Tho first arithmetic inventors,/ And ' each . would" far outrank the ' . othci', , | • And none would listen to his brother j. And Naught-declined to yield to one, I , And Six or Nine to Eight : • But witness, all tho mischief done J On little Jamie's slato I . . i' ' '