Double the Carrot Crates

Six carrot crates filled one bay, neat and honest.

Double it, said Spike. How many crates for two bays?

Suzy tapped: six and six — twelve crates. Two times six.

Not thirteen because hunger felt loud. Loud is not a counting stick.

They lined twelve crates across two bays and left the shed calm.

Goats appreciated the plan. Sheep practised patient queue maths.

Adventure Cap wanted a dramatic toss. Care said share enough, then stop.

Thinking Cap habit: name the groups, then multiply with looking. Cap does not invent crates.

Kids: six cups in a row — make two rows. Count the pile.

Farm times-tables are promises animals can trust later.

Tools remind. Crates still get carried.

Two times six = twelve. Soft share.

2 × 6 = twelve crates.