Math story · Little boots
Fifteen Times Nine Seed Pots

Fifteen trays with nine seed pots each.
Fifteen times nine — how many altogether?
Suzy worked it soft: one hundred thirty-five. Not a magic bigger number.
Suzy checked once more so the count stayed honest.
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 — farm bull stillness only.
Kids: fifteen trays of nine pots. Count once, then check.
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.
Fifteen × nine = one hundred thirty-five.
Fifteen × nine = one hundred thirty-five.