Cosmo’s Dreamy Number Slumber
By Steve Cleverley/Sanj Sen
Hello. Tonight we’re visiting a very smart little Moshling called Cosmo, a Mini Moshulator who just loves numbers… adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying and dreaming. So snuggle down, cosy up, close your eyes and relax…
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
One, two, three, four
Counting often makes you snore
Five, six, seven, eight
Some Moshlings love to calculate
One of them is Cosmo, a Mini Moshulator
A little chap whose mind is filled with numbers, facts and data
See Cosmo likes arithmetic, and doing lots of sums
He practices them constantly, especially when night comes
Adding and subtracting, then lots of long division
Cosmo loves his numbers even more than television
But best of all, focussing on numbers helps him sleep
It really is a wonderfully reliable technique
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
Obviously, all this math affects young Cosmo’s dreams
It shapes their quirky stories, and impacts on their themes
So most nights Cosmo finds himself in strange worlds filled with numbers
And usually they help him with his logarithmic slumbers
Right now Cosmo’s drifting off, thinking of subtraction
He finds it calms him down, providing just the right distraction
Taking three from twenty-five and then subtracting nine
Then letting the thirteen that’s left dissolve inside his mind
Before he knows it, Cosmo’s in a dream like none before
For now that thirteen’s morphed into the number thirty-four
He must have added twenty-one, somewhere down the line
Not that Cosmo’s bothered, for tonight’s dream looks sublime
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
Cosmos’s floating in the sky, past clouds shaped just like numbers
“Is this real?” he muses, “Or just a dream?” he wonders?
As the clouds begin to clear, Cosmo gazes down
And spots a most extraordinary trigonomic town
The buildings are triangular, arranged in twos and threes
And everything is angled, at varying degrees
Cosmo swoops towards the ground, truly lost for words
Distracted by a passing flock of algebraic birds
He lands on an isosceles that’s sitting on a square
Its sides are totally equal so they make a perfect pair
Cosmo then sees several numbers walking down the street
A bunch of fives and several twos, with little arms and feet
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
Cosmo’s dream now begins to take a funny turn
For the numbers start to talk to him, it seems they want to learn
“Hello there, can you tell us, if two plus two is three?”
Asks the leader of the bunch of fives, who seem to disagree
“Two and two is four!” says Cosmo, “Surely you can add?”
“Not really” says the biggest five, “Our math is pretty bad…
This town is full of numbers, but none of us can count
We know a little here and there, but not a great amount”
“I see” says Cosmo, then he asks, “Any idea why?”
“Of course” the five replies, “We fall asleep each time we try”
“Well, sums can make you sleepy, of that I do agree”
Says Cosmo just before he adds, “But you can count on me”
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
Cosmo tells his numbery friends that he’s a Moshulator
A cross between a Moshling and a fancy calculator
“Give me any problem and I’ll answer in a flash
From basic sums and algebra to counting piles of cash
“I’ll calculate percentages and tell you the square root…
Of any oobla doobla plant or random Moshi fruit”
The numbers smile and then begin to ask him lot of questions
So Cosmo gives the answers, plus some interesting suggestions
“Why not come with me?” he says, “I know an awesome spot…
“A dreamy world where Moshlings who love numbers go a lot”
The numbers nod but none of them ask where or how or why
And before he knows it, Cosmo’s flying with them through the sky
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
Cosmo and his number pals are high above the ground
The stars are twinkling overhead, they cannot hear a sound
Cosmo now remembers that he’s actually in a dream
Then starts to count the twinkles in a shimmering moon beam
A number one’s above him and a three is by his side
Then two more threes and another one all join him for the ride
Adding them together, Cosmo finds they make eleven
But then a three and single one depart to leave just seven
Something doesn’t quite add up but Cosmo doesn’t care
For now he and his number friends are tumbling through the air
Slowly they descend… well, after all, this is a dream
And then they land upon the biggest sum you’ve ever seen
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven
Eight, nine, ten, and then eleven,
Counting really makes you wonder
Cosmo’s dreamy number slumber
Cosmo gazes down and sees he’s standing on the peak
Of a mighty stack of numbers; and most are fast asleep
A six is dozing by a four, next to several threes
And beneath them countless nines are swaying, just like leaves on trees
Cosmo clambers down this quite enormous number tower
And wonders if his mind has got enough computing power
For Cosmo has decided to work out this massive sum
After all he’s dreaming, and calculating’s fun
He starts to count and multiply, and then subtracts some twos
But as he starts dividing things he fights the urge to snooze
He drifts into a deeper sleep then gently starts to snore
And dreams his final answer, eleventy thingity four
The numbers in the towering sum now fade into the night
As twinkling stars above infuse the scene in wondrous light
Who knows how many stars there are, an infinite amount?
Just close your eyes and picture them… now come along, let’s count…
Goodnight
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10…
