The Multiplying Menace Divides

a zero with a slash through it

a line between two dots

an x with a line over the top

a circle with a smiley face on it

eat him

keep him as a pet

take his shoes

kiss him

multiplied

subtracted

added

exploded

a princess kissed him

a rain cloud appeared

someone touched his magic wand

the queen's tears landed on his nose

cure his father's illness

find the alley where his dog was

repair the great multiplier

fly a kite

Her powers would fade

The staff would not work

nothing would happen

one bad equation could destroy the staff and their magic

Four of the kittens a girl was playing with became froggy kittens

the kittens disappeared

The kittens turned into dogs

nothing

Matilda threw it aside to tackle Rumpelstiltskin

zero knocked it to the ground

he muttered a magic spell

the frogs attacked

added a number to each hole

divided all the holes by fifteen

subtracted the holes

ate donut holes

why dividing by a fraction produced more froggy horses than fewer

why division was so hard to learn

what was math