Dexter
A dragon who likes his numbers to add up.
Dexter is careful with figures and rather proud of his calculator. He is learning that some adventures cannot be planned to the last coin.
The price of a picnic
Dexter made a budget for a picnic with his friends. He counted the rolls, the fruit and the juice. Then he counted them again, just to be sure. Everything added up perfectly, until Milo arrived with one enormous watermelon.
“That's not on the list,” Dexter said. Milo said it had been on special. Dexter took out his calculator, worked out the cost per slice and discovered that the watermelon was actually a bargain.
At the picnic, everyone had a slice. Dexter added one more column to his budget: SURPRISES. He left the number blank. Finn asked whether surprises could really fit into a spreadsheet.
Dexter thought about the watermelon, the sunshine and Milo's delighted face. “Maybe not,” he said. Then he added a second column: GOOD SURPRISES. That one stayed blank too, but he drew a star beside it.