Add 8 Plus 9 A6E464

**Step 1:** Imagine you have 8 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 (giraffes!) **Step 2:** And then you get 9 more 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 **Step 3:** Let's put them together:

First group (8 giraffes):
🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
🦄 🦄 🦄
(8)

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Second group (9 giraffes):
🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
(9)

Total giraffes:
🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄
(17)

🎉 Great! 8 + 9 = 17 🦄 giraffes in total!