About the Kid Goat Who Could Count to Ten

The main character of the tale by the famous Norwegian poet, writer, and composer Alf Prøysen is a Kid Goat who learned to count to ten. He is eager to apply his knowledge in practice, so during a walk, he assigns ordinal numbers to everyone he meets along the way: "One is me, two is the Calf, three is the Cow. One, two, three!" The characters counted by the Kid Goat, due to their ignorance, feel offended and want to punish the Kid Goat for his self-will at all costs. The number of dissatisfied grows with each page of the book. They all run after the Kid Goat, intending to beat him (or correct him) so that in the future, he would think twice before encroaching on the personal freedom of citizens. . . The Kid Goat swiftly runs away from his pursuers, confident in his rightness and his right to count everyone he encounters on his path. The pursuing crowd of animals stops each time to explain to the newly encountered character how much he has been wronged...