Simply Blame it all on the Algebra ...<...,...>...!

Once upon a time , there was a 1 who was happily & proudly living in a Zero land. One day, 2, the new number on the block showed up! As soon as 1 saw 2, he thought: "I am 'THE 1' but '2' is GREATER!" Since that day "1< 2" lived unhappily ever after; day after day he felt smaller and smaller ! The End! Salome N. Saz