"Ready, set, go!" said Suzy. She flipped the big sand timer. "Sixty seconds to count to ten in other languages!"

Little Thunder took a deep breath. "French first. Un, deux, trois!"

"Quatre, cinq!" cheered Spike.

"Now Spanish," said Suzy. "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco!"

The sand trickled down. Little Thunder stomped a hoof for each number.

"Japanese next," said Spike. "Ichi, ni, san!"

"Shi, go!" said Little Thunder. "That's five!"

"Last one, Mandarin Chinese," said Suzy. "Yi, er, san, si, wu!"

Canberra the cow mooed from the fence. "Can you go all the way to ten?"

Little Thunder counted on his hooves. "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez!"

Ding! The timer ran out.

"You did it!" barked Spike.

"Every language has its own words," said Suzy, "but ten cows are still ten cows."

Little Thunder grinned. "Diez cows! Dix cows! Ten cows! Let's play it again!"