Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Cratey Honest odds on the lid (hero) - Cratey the hamster, the stall-keeper whose every crate shows its chances painted plainly on the top, out in the open, so you always know before you open -
Oddo Read the chance first - Oddo the owl, who reads how likely each prize is before you open: lots of dots means likely, a lonely dot means it hardly ever comes -
Pipkin The pile finds the odds - Pipkin the mouse, whose growing sorted pile starts jumbled but, the more you open, settles to match the chances on the lid (the law of large numbers) -
Rara Rare means seldom, not better - Rara the magpie, who chases the shiny 'rare' crate, learns it comes only once in a long while, and that the sure everyday prize is just as good