Math story · Working dogs
Pegs Plus Twenty-Five

Thirty pegs already hung along the shed wall.
Plus twenty-five more from the box. How many altogether?
Thirty plus twenty-five is fifty-five. Not fifty-six by hope.
Suzy counted old and new: fifty-five. 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: thirty blocks plus twenty-five — fifty-five.
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.
Thirty + twenty-five = fifty-five.
Thirty + twenty-five = fifty-five.