Math story · Paddock pups
Triple the Carrot Rows

Four carrot rows marked the bed like soft green lines.
Triple for market week, said Spike. Four times three.
Suzy: twelve rows. She paced and counted stakes once.
Not thirteen because hope planted an imaginary row.
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: four sticky notes, three times — twelve on the board. Count 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.
Four × three = twelve.
Four × three = twelve.