Three bees <br />Six sticks <br />Nine fleas <br />Twelve chicks <br />Fifteen buns <br />Eighteen flowers <br />Twenty one suns <br />Twenty four hours <br />Twenty seven babies with <br />Thirty toys <br />Thirty three ladies who tend <br />Thirty six boys <br />Thirty nine mitts and <br />Forty two bats <br />Forty five hits giving <br />Forty eight stats <br />Fifty one bikes and <br />Fifty four scooters <br />Fifty seven trikes with <br />Sixty tooters <br />Sixty three books to read <br />Sixty six snacks <br />Sixty nine cooks to fill <br />Seventy two packs <br />Seventy five pops for the zoo, <br />Seventy eight bears <br />Eighty one hops from <br />Eighty four hares <br />Eighty seven pirates who don’t like rum. <br />Ninety tops that spin and hum. <br />Ninety three moms to give you a kiss. <br />Ninety six fairies to grant you a wish. <br />Ninety nine grandparents, uncles and aunts. <br />One hundred and two fellows who like to dance. <br />One hundred five light floating balloons. <br />One hundred eight coyotes who howl at the moon. <br />One hundred and eleven horses to mount. <br />One hundred and fourteen fish to count. <br />One hundred and seventeen silly cousins. <br />One hundred and twenty is a full ten dozen!<br /><br />Christine K. Trease<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/childrens-book-count-by-threes-it-s-a-breeze/
