Sheep Groups of Three

The race spat sheep in calm triples — three and three when soft eye worked.

Groups of three, said Spike. Count the groups, then multiply with looking.

Suzy clapped: three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen. Five groups. Fifteen sheep.

Not sixteen because Woolworth looked special. Special still counts as one.

Biltong tried to join a sheep three. Different species. Different queue.

Soft eye kept the groups true. Numbers without soft eye become shove maths.

Thinking Cap habit: group, then count groups. Cap does not invent sheep.

Little Thunder stood clear of the race like a sensible mahogany fence post.

Kids: fifteen toys in five piles of three. Skip-count by threes.

Muster maths can be a rhythm — then a latch.

Lead keeps the count and the kindness together.

Five groups of three = fifteen.