He threw down the flowers,
And candies, and pies,
And ran for my math book,

With greed in his eyes…
He ripped out 11,
And swallowed it quick,
It traveled straight down,
To his little stomach…
Thief said, “Yum yummy,
It tastes just like candy,
This Valentine’s day,
Is really real dandy…”

If the thief threw down 9 flowers,
and each flower had 11 petals,
how many petals were there in total?