`` I told you I was n't going to make any resolutions . Go on yourself . '' `` I shall always study my grammar lesson , '' I wrote -- I , who loathed grammar with a deadly loathing . `` I hate grammar too , '' sighed Sara Ray . `` It seems so unimportant . '' Sara was rather fond of a big word , but did not always get hold of the right one . I rather suspected that in the above instance she really meant uninteresting . `` I wo n't get mad at Felicity , if I can help it , '' wrote Dan . `` I 'm sure I never do anything to make you mad , '' exclaimed Felicity . `` I do n't think it 's polite to make resolutions about your sisters , '' said Peter . `` He ca n't keep it anyway , '' scoffed Felicity . `` He 's got such an awful temper . '' `` It 's a family failing , '' flashed Dan , breaking his resolution ere the ink on it was dry . `` There you go , '' taunted Felicity . `` I 'll work all my arithmetic problems without any help , '' scribbled Felix . `` I wish I could resolve that , too , '' sighed Sara Ray , `` but it would n't be any use . I 'd never be able to do those compound multiplication sums the teacher gives us to do at home every night if I did n't get Judy Pineau to help me . Judy is n't a good reader and she ca n't spell AT ALL , but you ca n't stick her in arithmetic as far as she went herself . I feel sure , '' concluded poor Sara , in a hopeless tone , `` that I 'll NEVER be able to understand compound multiplication . '' '' ` Multiplication is vexation , Division is as bad , The rule of three perplexes me , And fractions drive me mad , ' '' quoted Dan .
`` I have n't got XXXXX far as fractions yet , '' sighed Sara , `` and I hope I 'll be too big to go to school before I do .
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