Minutes to Muster

Ten minutes on the clock. Not forever. Not a panic.

Spike split the plan: two minutes to set the gate, three to walk the line, five to settle.

Two plus three plus five is ten, Suzy said. The numbers fit the jobs.

If the gate took four minutes, something else must shrink — or the plan must grow. Honesty first.

Canberra moved on the minute they asked. Harare needed an extra soft eye, not an extra shove.

Spike checked time without letting the clock boss kindness.

Adventure Cap wanted to finish early for glory. Thinking Cap habit said finish true.

Little Thunder arrived early and waited like a mahogany timer.

Kids: set a ten-minute tidy timer. Split jobs so the minutes match the work.

Muster maths is time plus patience. Both count.

They finished on the plan — calm cattle, latched gate, honest ten.

Ten minutes. Calm plan.