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Now everybody try to find a good hiding place. This ol' tree is going to be the base. I'm going to close my eyes and hide my face and count to a hundred by fives.Ready? Go!5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100Ready or not, here I come!Apples, peaches, pumpkin pieWho's not ready, holler "I" - ("I!")Oh, all right, I'll count it againBut you better get hid, kidHere we go5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120 There!A bushel of wheat and a bushel of ryeWho's not hid, holler "I"Twenty nickels makes a dollar!I didn't hear anybody hollerFive times twenty is one hundredEverybody got to be hidAll eyes open, here I come, whew!Multiplying by five is a little like counting by five. In fact, if you counted along on your fingers as you counted out loud by fives, your fingers would tell you how many fives, you've got.Ok, let's count it together, nowSongtexteCount on your fingers . . .One finger for each count out loud . . .Get set, ready? Go!5, 10, 15, 20 - STOP!TwentyYou got four fingers, see, that means four times five is 20Let's try another oneGet set, ready? Go!5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 - STOP!Thirty-five?Seven fingers . . . that's rightSeven times five is 35Okay, let's try a longer one. Now when you run out of fingers, at 50 - you see, because ten times five is 50 - then start over with the same fingers and remember that you owe 10 . . . Get set, ready? Go!5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 - STOP!Ten and two, right?That's twelve fingersTwelve times five is 60See how it works?Now you may notice that if you multiply five by an even number, your product will end in zero; and if you multiply five by an odd number, your product will end in five.Ok, now let's do one more game of counting by fives on our fingersThis is a long oneKeep goingGet set, ready? Go!5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 - STOP! Eighty-fiveSeventeen fingersLook at that boy with seventeen fingers sticking upHow d'ya do that, kid?Anyway, five times 17 is 85See, that's three fives short of a hundred. If you had three more nickels, 15 cents, then added the 15 to the 85, you'd get a hundred, right?Because five times 20 is 100Everybody got to be hid!It's 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100Ready or notHere I come! Aus Songtexte Mania