Weighing

Early one morning, Brian Bear went fishing to catch himself some breakfast.

Very soon, he had caught himself three tasty fish

A small one, a medium one and a big one.

Brian decided to weigh the fish to find out which was the heaviest.

Brian put the big fish on one plate and some stones on the other plate.

The plates were even. The big fish weighed five stones.

Brian put the medium fish on one plate and some stones on the other plate.

The plates were even. The medium fish weighed four stones.

Brian put the small fish on one plate and some stones on the other plate.

The plates were even. The small fish weighed just two stones.

The small fish is light. The medium fish is heavy…but the big fish is the heaviest!

I will eat the biggest and heaviest fish!

Just then Brian caught another fish.

It wasn’t as big as the big fish…but Brian weighed it anyway.

Brian put the new fish on one plate and some stones on the other plate.

The plates were even. The fish weighed SIX stones!

The new fish was heavier than the biggest fish. How could that be?

Now I know that the biggest fish isn’t always the heaviest.

And the smallest isn’t always the lightest. How strange.

I’m going to carry on fishing and weighing I’m going to carry on fishing and weighing. Why don’t you try some weighing too?

Happy weighing!