Math story · Paddock pups
Double the Grain Bags

Thirteen grain bags sat by the shed like quiet commas.
Cold night plan: double the bags. Thirteen doubled — how many?
Suzy said twenty-six. Not twenty-seven for a magic spare.
Thirteen plus thirteen equals twenty-six. 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: thirteen counters, then another thirteen. Count the whole 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.
Thirteen doubled = twenty-six.
Thirteen doubled = twenty-six.