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minutes; and so as always to know what are the 

 hours, and what are the minutes, people have made a 

 clock now look here : so as not to make it too big 

 they have written only twelve hours on it and this 

 thick little pointer goes round slowly and points to 

 the number of the hours : now, how often must it go 

 round in a day, if a day has 24 hours ? " She replied : 

 " 2." 



" You see, the little thick pointer is now pointing 

 to nine, so it is 9 o'clock ; what time will it be when 

 it points to 4 ? " She answered : " 4." " You 

 remember that I told you that the hour is divided 

 into 60 minutes ? " " Yes." " Now see ! the big 

 pointer goes round more quickly and points out the 

 minutes : when that pointer has been round once, 

 60 minutes are gone that means one hour. This big 

 pointer starts at 12, and you see that there are five 

 little strokes up to I, and how many up to 2 ? " 

 Lola rapped " 10." " And where is the big pointer 

 now ? " " (At) 14." " What is 14 is it an hour ? " 

 " No." " Then what is it called ? " " Minute." 

 And after this Lola rested ! 



In an hour and a quarter I fetched the clock again 

 and said : " Look ! what does the little thick pointer 

 say now ? " She tapped an uncertain " no." So I 

 explained once more and then said : " Now tell me ! " 

 and she answered this time, " 50." 



I stood the clock on the ground in front of her and 

 questioned her twice more in the course of the day 

 correct replies being given. I also left the clock 

 standing near her for the rest of the day, for I wanted 

 the flight of time to become impressed on her, and her 

 eye was bound to rest on the dial now and again 

 during the course of the day. Her answers were 

 invariably right now for, by way of test, I inquired : 



