Vlad and Tacey—maybe even Zetta—could be members here with no problem. He wished he’d brought them. They would have shouted out the answers without thinking and he could have coasted along with them. Easy, peasy.
“Whenever you’re ready,” the captain said.
First, the Fairy Border and now, a treasure trove guarded by multiplication tables. The Seven Kingdoms was turning into Math Land. Each cubbyhole held a map case and Magellan longed to open them all. He swallowed his pride. “Could you give me a hint, sir?”
“The front wall has 10 cubbyholes across the top and 10 running down the wall. How many is that?” Captain Siegfried asked.
“You mean 10 times 10 tells you how many there are?” Magellan didn’t understand why he couldn’t just count—it took a little longer, but he would be almost finis
