Fred comes from school one winter day As clever as can be,And wants to show to all around How smart a boy is he.And so at dinner he begins:“Papa, you think you seeThere are two chickens on that dish,But now I’ll prove that there are three:First, this is one and that is two,As plain as plain can be.I add the one into the two,And two and one make three!”“Just so,” answers his Papa,“If what you say is three,I will take one, Mamma takes one,The third we’ll leave for you.”
