Half of Forty Pears

Forty pears waited in two soft baskets of possibility.

Half for the house, half for the shed snack. Half of forty?

Suzy said twenty. Not twenty-one because one pear looked famous.

Twenty and twenty. Level. Fair. Soft.

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: forty blocks split in half — twenty each side. Check both sides 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.

Half of forty = twenty.

Half of forty = twenty.