“a push up or two . . . or twenty.”
“There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.”
“Alan was feeling strong. He did two push-ups and felt stronger still.”
“A monkey was carrying two handfuls of peas. One little pea dropped out. He tried to pick it up, and split twenty. He tried to pick up the twenty, and split them all. Then he lost his temper, scattered the peas in all directions and ran away”
“Vlad twisted his wrist, pinching his fingers together, spinning the bronze coin on the table. When it fell, he picked it up and did it again, counting. Thirty-two times it had fallen Slayer Society up. Twenty-two times it was down.”
“The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.”