He opened the box. Inside lay nothing but a smooth, white pebble and a note. The note said: "You have always had the five inside you. One breath. Two eyes to see. Three meals a day. Four seasons in a year. And five fingers to hold this box. The world is not just numbers, Leo. The world is the story you count."
So Leo began.
He spotted two ants carrying a crumb the size of a secret. He watched them for a long minute, then drew a tiny pair of ants on the box's lid with his fingertip.