Twenty-Four Eggs, Six Cartons

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

Six cartons stood ready. Spike asked: how many in each if we share fair?

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

Suzy counted carton one: four. Carton two: four. Then three, four, five, six — four each.

Four and four and four and four and four and four make twenty-four — she checked by pointing once per egg.

Pavlova supervised like a fluffy accountant and added zero eggs by staring.

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

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

Kids: twenty-four crayons in six pots — four 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. Six cartons. Honest.

Twenty-four ÷ six = four each.