My friend gave me this note in class,
my very own third grade mathematics class!
But alas:
To little, my third grade-ly efforts amassed.
Again and again,
I wish I'd known then,
I needn't try to compute.
What was my little friend's favorite fruit?
65 27 66 49 54 32 17 62 44 30 71 59 19 68 48 67 62 38 67 21 24 64 54 57 43 67 37
84 66 67 68 71 65 66 80 65 54 87 54 61 83 49 88 57 64 78 67 57 62 51 76 50 73 50
Hint 1:
Although the poem will assist your journey,
About all but its plaintext, you needn't worry.
Hint 2:
Heed this advice as if from some advisor:
This puzzle involves fewer than one cipher.
Hint 3:
The teacher said something 'bout a bug on the ceiling...
I'm sure that the lesson would have been revealing!