zero yeah zero is a wonderful thing in fact zero is my hero how can zero be a hero well there are all kinds of heroes you know a man can get to be a hero for a famous battle he fought or by studying very hard and becoming a weightless astronaut wow and then there are heroes of other sorts like the heroes we know from watching sports oh but a hero doesn t have to be a grown up person you know a hero can be a very big dog who comes to your rescue or a very little boy whos smart enough to know what to do but let me tell you about my favorite hero my hero zero such a funny little hero but til you came along we counted on our fingers and toes now you re here to stay and nobody really knows how wonderful you are why we could never reach a star without you zero my hero how wonderful you are whats so wonderful about a zero it s nothing isn t it sure it represents nothing alone but place a zero after one and you ve got yourself a ten see how important that is when you run out of digits you can start all over again see how convenient that is that s why with only ten digits including zero you can count as high as you could ever go forever towards infinity no one ever gets there but you could try ten billion zeros from the cavemen to the weirdos who invented you they counted on their fingers and toes or maybe some sticks and stones their neighbors toes yeah yeah and nobody really knows how wonderful you are why we could never reach the star without you zero my hero zero how wonderful you are  place one zero after any number and you ve multiplied that number by ten see how easy that is place two zeros after any number and you ve multiplied that number by one hundred see how simple that is place three zeros after any number and youve multiplied that number by one thousand et cetera et cetera ad infinitum ad astra forever and ever with zero my hero how wonderful you are