Nine Times Four Rails

Nine fence panels waited, each with four rails stacked honest.

Nine times four, said Spike. How many rails altogether?

Suzy skip-counted: four, eight, twelve… up to thirty-six. Not thirty-seven because hope invented a spare.

They checked by pointing once per rail on one panel, then multiplying panels.

Fence maths is a promise the paddock can lean on.

Adventure Cap wanted a dramatic stack. Care said count true, then carry.

Thinking Cap habit: groups, then multiply. Cap does not invent rails.

Tools remind. Soft eye still checks each pin.

Kids: nine packs of four crayons. Count by fours to thirty-six.

Lead finishes the count without a boast.

Little Thunder supervised mahogany geometry from a safe distance.

Nine × four = thirty-six rails. Soft plan.

9 × 4 = 36 rails.