[clock chiming and ticking]

A clock in Gisele’s backyard strikes 5.

Gisele says DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT SOUND MEANS?
[clock chiming and ticking]

Gisele sits on a rocking chair with a book on her lap and says IT MEANS, IT'S
TIME FOR A RHYME.
WHAT'S THAT,
BEAR?

A teddy bear sits near the clock.

Gisele says YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR A
RHYME ABOUT COUNTING?
I THINK I HAVE ONE
OF THOSE IN HERE.

She opens her book of rhymes.

A teddy bear dressed as a king appears next to a rag doll dressed as a princess.

She says IN THE KINGDOM OF THINGDOM,
THE KING WAS BAWLING.
FOR HIS LOST SHEEP HIS
TEARDROPS WERE FALLING.

Eight sheep run out of an open gate.

The king says MY TROUBLE BEGAN WHEN
I LEFT OPEN THE GATE.
OUT RAN ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
I CALLED TO MY SHEEP
OVER AND OVER,
PLEASE, PLEASE
COME BACK NOW,
STOP EATING THAT CLOVER.
SOME HOOFED BACK
IN, TO MY RELIEF.
BUT WHAT IF ONE WAS CAUGHT BY
THE WOLF'S SHARP WHITE TEETH?

Gisele says THE PRINCESS LOOKED UP AT
THE SHEEP WHERE THEY GRAZED.
WHEN SHE COUNTED THEM UP,
SHE WAS TRULY AMAZED.

The princess says GOOD KING, I HAVE
NEWS THAT IS GREAT.
IF YOU COUNT THEM,
YOU'LL FIND THAT YOU
STILL HAVE ALL EIGHT.

Gisele says THE KING STARTED TO COUNT.
HE WENT VERY FAST.
WHEN HE GOT TO
THE END,
NUMBER EIGHT WAS LAST.
WHETHER IT'S TWO, OR
WHETHER IT'S TWENTY
THE LAST NUMBER YOU COUNT
WILL TELL YOU HOW MANY.
THE NUMBER EIGHT WAS THE
LAST NUMBER THEY COUNTED.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY KNEW
ALL EIGHT WERE BACK.