"And that's a terrific number! 4. Why? Because you use four fingers on the fingerboard when playing violin. That's what 4 is for! Four sure!"

"Once you were two, dear birthday friend,
In spite of purple weather.*
But now you are three and near the end
As we gruesome together.
How forthful thou, forsooth for you!
For soon you will be more!
But 'fore one can be three be two,
Before be five be four."
--Churchy LaFemme, of Pogo fame

*Some folklorists opine that the original line here was "inside of turtle sweater," but no definitive proof has been obtained.

Tsyganka, ever the scholar