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 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:50 pm
Once again he closes his eyes to think. "I believe the answer is 8, mes'sirrah."
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:02 pm
*Kero nods again*
Very good...now...what is 3*3?
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:06 pm
The boy chews on his lip for a tiny bit then realizes what Kero is asking of him. "Do you mean three plus three plus three, Mes'sirra... that would be nine."
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:22 pm
*Kero nods*
That's right...multiplication is best explained like this.
*Pulls a group of gold coins out of the Void, separating them into four groups of five*
Okay....we have four groups of coins, right? And there are five in each group. If I wanted to know how many there are total, how could you tell me?
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:24 pm
The boy looks at the piles and counts by five, "Five, ten, fifteen, twenty... You have twenty coins, mes'sirrah."
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:29 pm
*Kero nods*
Very good....so what would four times five be?
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:35 pm
The boy looks at the stacks for a second then looking up at Kero answers "Twenty?" but there is a hesitation in his voice.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:41 pm
*Kero nods*
Multiplication is just a fast way to add up groups...it takes a lot of memorizing, but when you do, you can do math really, really fast.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:43 pm
The boy gives a slow nod to this. "How much memorizing?" he asks worriedly.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:45 pm
*Kero looks at him*
Quite a lot...but not until we get you reading fairly well, okay? And as Ly has told me, the best way to learn to read is to be read to...shall I read you a story before bed, as our talk tonight has taken up both your hour and our talking time?
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:52 pm
The boy listens to the howling wind outside and nods eagerly. Anything would sound better than that. He climbs into bed and waits for Kerobian to pick out a story.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:01 pm
*Kero goes over, and pulls a small bookshelf out of the Void, armoring his mind, he takes a stack of them to Passura*
Pick one out of this stack, and I'll read it to you...cover to cover, even if it's a chapter book...and if it has a crown on the inside cover, you can have it as your own...
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:09 pm
The boy stares at the stack wide eyed and chews on his lower lip. Then he closes his eyes and picks one at random, Handing it to Kero to read. "Is it a good one, mes'sirrah?" he asks hopefully.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:17 pm
*Kero notes that it is one of his favorite books...Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler...and points to the crown on the inside of the cover*
Yep....that it is....
**Can you guess how Kero marks his books...what symbol he uses to make sure he knows they're his?**
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:21 pm
** rolleyes was that a trick question?**
Passura grins from ear to ear and settles in for a story, burrowing in under the covers and getting comfortable.
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