Twenty Eggs, Four Nests

Morning light found twenty eggs waiting like a quiet little flock.

Four nests stood ready. Spike asked: how many in each if we share fair?

Twenty shared by four is five each, Spike said. Not six because one egg looked famous.

Suzy counted nest one: five. Nest two: five. Nest three: five. Nest four: five — honest and level.

Five and five and five and five make twenty — she checked by pointing once per egg.

Quails scribbled tiny applause. Chickens practised orderly queue theatre.

Adventure Cap wanted to race the nests. Thinking Cap habit said walk soft — shells are not toys.

Little Thunder sniffed and kept his mahogany distance from omelette ambitions.

Kids: twenty crayons in four pots — five in each pot. Count each pot once.

Farm maths is grouping that living things can trust.

Tools remind Spike to plan the share. Spike still carries the tray level.

Care means counting before you boast.

Twenty. Four nests. Honest.

Twenty ÷ four = five each.