Study, Study, Study

Lily and Rose sighed, it had been a week since the Spring Term Test were announced. The girls had studied day and night, reading and rereading their books. Quizzing each other for the big day. Today was no different, another day of studying before the Spring Term Tests. “You think the test will ask about earthquakes?” questioned Lily.

Rose sighed, “They’ll probably test us about everything and anything! Even if we’re 14 now and we learned about earthquakes when we were 11.”

“Great,” Lily said sarcastically, “At least it’s Sunday. I’m going to ask dad if I can walk to the Toy Shop.”

“I think I shall join you.”

“Sure, come on then. We better get going.”

Mason agreed and Natalie even gave her twins some tarts as a snack in case they were hungry when they were walking. When the twins reached there they found Harlin there.

“Hello girls,” greets Harlin.

“Pleased to see you!” they reply at the same time.

Harlin smiles and asks, “So how can I help you two today?”

“We just need some materials to study and we knew we could get them here. Is it okay if we hang around and study for a while?” Lily explains.

Harlin nods and continues unboxing the new shipment of toys. “Here it is,” Lily says.

Rose scratches her head, “Why do we need a toy house and two pieces of chalk?”

“Well, we know our house’s interior has crossbeams inside the walls. We need to show how they work in a smaller model.”

Rose adds, “What will we use as crossbeams? I don’t think a toy house has crossbeams.”

“Already thought of that,” Lily begins, “I cut paper strips and used Mrs. H. Choch’s homemade flour based glue to glue them together, so their extra thick. We just need to place them and then we can start.”

Rose sets up the model and Lily scribbles down notes. “Now all we need is some little bear friends,” Rose giggles.

Lily nods, “Okay, now start giving some foreshock to the building.”

After the girls’ countless studying, they finally reviewed earthquakes. “I can’t believe we learned all that!” exclaimed Rose.

Lily agreed, “Well, let’s go home and ask mom to make us some omelets.”

At the Deluxe Village House, Heidi was trying her best to prepare the babies for the Spring Term Tests. Grace was attempting to write the sentences Heidi had told her, Henry fell asleep, Hopper crawled around the room and Honey was playing with Teddy.

“Hopper, come back here!” yelled Heidi.

“Wait, do I write that?” asked Grace.

Henry woke up to find chaos and started crying. Honey was trying her best to get downstairs to sneak a donut into her mouth. A light bulb flashed over Heidi’s head. She rushed downstairs to the kitchen and piled the kitchen table with treats, then she ushered the babies downstairs. Everyone’s eyes went wide and the four babies immediately ran towards the table. “Uh, uh, uh,” Heidi lectured, “We’ll be doing trivia, answer the question correctly and you get a prize.”

Grace pondered over what her mother had just said and answered, “Do I have to write that down?”

Heidi shook her head and got to work. “First question: What is the first letter of the alphabet?”

Hopper screamed, “A!”

“Second part to get the prize: What does A stand for?” she adds.

Hopper says in his cute voice, “A is for a.”

“Alright, fine. Here’s your reward: a delish strawberry macaron.”

Hopper giggles and soon the motivated babies end up with their own pile of sweets.

The phone started ringing and Heidi went to pick it up. “Hello, may I know who I’m speaking to please?” she called.

Teri replied on the other end, “Hello, Heidi! Could I borrow your pound cake?”

“Sure, but why do you need it?”

Teri explained, “Well, Freya’s learning about fractions and I need some pound cake to cut. I’m afraid using pizza won’t be enough. However, don’t worry, I won’t waste good food.”

Heidi agreed and Teri came over to pick it up. As soon as Teri arrived back home, she got to work. Ever since the move Teri had a lot more free time on her paws and she started home schooling her daughters. Freya was 11, which meant it was time to study fractions. Teri began with cutting the pizza into fourths and started asking Freya subtraction problems. “1 minues ¼?”

“¾?” answered Teri’s daughter.

Teri nods in approval, “Now what fraction did I cut from the pound cake?”

“⅛!”

So that was how the afternoon went for the children and babies of the Cloverleaf Countryside. Soon, the Spring Term Tests would arrive.