Counting Up

One way or another
Two Steps forward, one step back
Three strikes and you’re out
Four corners of the Earth
Five good reasons
Six to one, half a dozen to the other
Seven year itch
Eight days a week

With so much confusion in our numbers, no wonder kids don’t want to learn to count

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