Over in the meadow there’s a spring wedding, with the couple’s 10 best friends to celebrate. What’s next?

A house!

9 diggers,

8 masons,

7 carpenters,

6 well diggers,

5 roofers,

4 plumbers,

3 electricians,

2 painters, and

1 inspector

show up with all their trucks and tools to build a new house. And when the couple and their friends have a house-warming party, a new baby comes, too!

Inspired by Olive A. Wadsworth’s old counting poem, Shutta Crum’s exuberant rhyme celebrates the fun of counting, the excitement of building a house, and the satisfaction of sharing work.