Bill Martin Jr'

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Chicka Chicka 1-2-3

• Bill Martin Jr.
• Michael Sampson
• Louis Ehlert

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Numbers
3
0
4
2
1
5
6
7
9
11
10
8
12
13
16
14
15
17
18
20
40
50
30
19
60
100
70
80
90
99
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1

• 1 told 2
• and 2 told 3,
• Ill race you to the top
• of the apple tree.

2
0
3
4
4

• Climb, said 4
• to 5 and 6,
• bright little numbers
• that join the mix.
• Hurry! yelled 7
• to number 8,
• slow-poke fellow
• whos always late

5
6
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 will there be a place
for me?
7
8
0
5
9

• Here comes 9
• to the apple tree.
• next comes 10
• and then 11.
• Wow, these apples
• taste like heaven!

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Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Will there be a place
for me?
11
0
6
12

• Hot pink 12,
• lucky 13,
• picking apples
• red and green.
• 14, 15
• Cant you see?
• They want to climb
• the apple tree.

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14
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Will there be a place
for me?
15
0
7
16
17

• 16s next
• to make the scene,
• climbing branches
• with 17.
• 18, 19,
• One mores 20.
• Numbers, numbers,
• there are plenty.

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19
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Will there be a place
for me?
20
0
8
30
40
50

• Curvy 30,
• Flat-foot 40,
• climbing up
• to join the party!
• 50s fine
• and 60s dandy.
• 70s hair
• is long and sandy.

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70
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Will there be a place
for me?
0
9
80
90

• Lets climb more,
• says treetop 80,
• higher and higher,
• up to 90,
• Until at last theres 99,
• and all the numbers
• are feeling fine,

Except for 0, who begins to cry. Chicka
Chicka 1, 2, 3 Will there be a place for me?
99
0
10
13
70
3
80

• Oh, no!
• Buzzing close!
• Bumblebees!
• 0 hides
• behind the tree.

15
0
GET OUT OF THE TREE! The bumblebees shout,
and all the numbers tumble out.
11

• 90, 80,
• 70 fall,
• hit the ground
• in a free-for-all.

0
80
70
90
12

• 60, 50,
• 40 run.
• No more climbing,
• no more fun!
• 30 next,
• Then sweet little 20.
• Numbers, numbers,
• no longer plenty.

0
40
20
60
50
30
13
17

• 19 and 18,
• my, oh my!
• Frightened numbers
• jump and fly!
• 17, 16,
• 15 more.
• Now 14 has hit the
• floor.
• And 13, too
• unlucky guy!
• 12 had almost
• touched the sky!

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18
16
13
19
15
14
0
14
10

• Bent-up 11.
• (Wait! Wheres 10?)
• 9, 8, 7
• follow then.
• Twisted 6,
• and top-hat 5,
• 4, 3, 2, 1
• take a dive!

9
1
6
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Now I know the place
for me?
4
7
3
2
0
5
8
11
15
0
0 leaps into the sky. Brave little number, hes
not shy.
16
0
10
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 Heres the place thats
just for me!

• 0 lands on top
• of the tree,
• joins with 10.
• Now 100 you see!

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2
20
80
30
17
70
1
4
12
All the numbers come back out, higher and
higher, as they shout . . .
13
7
15
18
10
0
2
12
30
17
13
1
15
5
70
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Chicka, Chicka 1, 2, 3! 0s hero of the
number tree!
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20
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THE END