Math story · Working dogs
Difference of Sixty Eggs

Sixty eggs rested like a quiet morning census.
Twenty-three packed for market. How many left?
Suzy said thirty-seven. Not thirty-eight for a famous leftover.
Sixty minus twenty-three equals thirty-seven. Checked once.
Adventure Cap wanted a magic bigger number. Care said stop at the honest total.
Thinking Cap habit: plan, count once, check. Cap does not invent by magic.
Pavlova supervised like a fluffy accountant and added zero by staring.
Little Thunder declined commentary with mahogany dignity.
Kids: sixty counters, remove twenty-three. Count what remains once.
Farm maths is a promise living things can trust.
Tools remind. Soft landings still happen.
Suzy spelled S-U-Z-Y once for joy, then back to the numbers.
Sixty − twenty-three = thirty-seven.
Sixty − twenty-three = thirty-seven.