Recall the ten Major-System pegs for 40–49 — the /r/ decade. Can you name all ten in order and picture a story that links them?

Every 40s peg starts with the /r/ sound (4); the second sound is the unit digit (0–9), so 40 = r·s = rice, 41 = r·t = rat, and so on.

40 rice · 41 rat · 42 rain · 43 rum · 44 rower · 45 railway · 46 roach · 47 rake · 48 roof · 49 rope

Example story (make your own if this one doesn't stick): One grain of rice feeds a plump rat who dances in the rain while sipping rum. A rower paddles down a flooded railway as a roach scuttles past; someone drags a rake up onto the roof and slides back down a rope.