Math story · Paddock pups
Quarter of Fifty-Two Apples

Fifty-two apples rested in the cool shed.
A quarter for the paddock picnic. How many is a quarter?
Suzy said thirteen. Not fourteen for a famous apple.
Fifty-two shared in four equal parts is thirteen each.
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: fifty-two counters into four equal piles. Count one pile 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.
Quarter of fifty-two = thirteen.
Quarter of fifty-two = thirteen.