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In Watership Down, there is a character named Fiver because he was the runt of a large litter and rabbits can only count to 4. Everything more than 4 is “fiver” or “a lot.”

Niko can reliably count objects up to 3. Sometimes he can count 4 objects, other times he gets up to 3 and then kind of wanders off. Everything more than that is “too many.”

His totally awesome baby sitter took him to the zoo yesterday, and when I got home, I heard all about it. How he rode the train! With Waldo! On the train! And a bus! To the zoo! He told me about seeing chickens, which were red and said “bok bok” and a cow which was white and said “mooooo” and he saw meerkats and they went UP. Where did they come up from? A TUNNEL. Also there were monkeys. How many monkeys? TOO MANY!

I read Watership Down about every year. It’s a great book, and I really love it. So I was super thrilled when Nesko casually commented that “at least Niko can count as well as a bunny,” because I wasn’t aware he’d really read the book or retained much of it when he DID read it. And it’s true. Niko counts about as well as a bunny.

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Nikola and Too Many Monkeys

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