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I continued to do arithmetic with my father, passing proudly through fractions to decimals. I eventually arrived at the point where so many cows ate so much grass, and tanks filled with water in so many hours I found it quite enthralling.
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Agatha Christie remembers arithmetic with her father as a proud climb. Fractions and decimals lead on to puzzle problems about cows eating grass and tanks filling with water. She calls them enthralling, so what sounds like schoolwork becomes a small delight.
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