Lily pushed open the book on the grass. Golden numbers spilled out like fireflies! Pip hopped forward and sniffed at a floating 3.
They followed the numbers into Number Land. The flowers unfolded into a giant number 5. A duck counted bubbles on the pond: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
A bouncing number 7 zipped around a tree. Pip barked and chased it! The number landed with a soft thump in the clover.
At the beach, numbers tumbled from the sand. Lily dug up a pink glowing 12. Pip shook a 15 loose from a driftwood log!
A wave rolled in and the numbers skated across the wet sand. They lined up, leading toward the darkening sky.
Up the hill under the stars, numbers blinked on: 16, 17, 18, 19! Then a giant 20 dropped down — boing! — and bounced them both away.
Lily closed the book. The cover glowed faintly with all twenty numbers pressed inside like flowers. She whispered, "Goodnight, Number Land."
Pip's whiskers twitched as he dreamed. A single golden number 1 drifted down through the window and landed on her pillow.