Quarter Dozen, Three

Egg talk on Mount Mee loves the word dozen — today Spike started with a quarter.

A dozen is twelve, he said. A quarter of a dozen is three — four equal shares of twelve.

Suzy counted twelve eggs, then made four little piles of three. Three is a quarter dozen.

Not four because one pile looked lonely and hoped for extras.

Pavlova inspected each pile like a fluffy fraction judge and approved equal.

Adventure Cap wanted unequal drama. Care said fair shares stay kind.

Thinking Cap habit: name the whole, then the part. Cap does not invent eggs.

Little Thunder observed from a mahogany distance that did not include omelettes.

Kids: twelve stickers in four equal piles. How many in a quarter?

Farm fractions are shares your hands can check.

Learn means saying the part and the whole out loud.

Three. Quarter dozen. Honest.

Twelve ÷ four = three. Quarter dozen.