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Taro and Take took out their new sorobans. The teacher showed them how to count the beads. They thought it as much fun as a game. Then they tried to make some letters in their copy-books with a brush. That's the way they write in Japan.
Their Mother watched them from the garden-gate. When they turned the corner and were out of sight, she went back into the house. She picked up Bot'Chan and hugged him. "Don't grow up yet, dear Sir Baby Boy," she said. Taro and Take met other little boys and girls, all going to school, too. They all had umbrellas and copy-books and sorobans. The children got to the school-house before the teacher.
Then she gave them each a brand-new copy-book and a brand-new soroban. A soroban is a counting-machine. It is a frame with wires stretched across it and beads hung on the wires. The Twins felt very proud to have sorobans and copy-books. "Now trot along," the Mother said. The Twins knew the way. They marched down the street, feeling more grown up than they ever had felt in all their lives.
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