:08:00
Zaoh was fantastic. But Zaoh is Zaoh, after all, and the site is now
just another holiday resort.
:08:15
Taeko-san, I'm curious why you're not married yet.
:08:17
Huh...um, is it so strange to be unmarried?
:08:23
Well, nah, I wasn't saying that, but...
:08:27
The number of women who hold jobs has increased these days, you know
that, and even most of my friends aren't married yet.
:08:34
Hmm...is that right?
:08:36
Uh-huh, sure it is.
:08:37
Ain't it?
:08:40
Sure enough.
:08:42
I see.
:08:45
Right, it's common.
:08:47
Hmm...
:08:54
Oh, Toshio-san?
:08:55
Hm?
:08:57
When you were in elementary school, was it easy for you to understand
dividing fractions?
:09:01
Huh...?
:09:03
You have to switch the numerator with the denominator first, and then
multiply it together. Could you do it like you were taught?
:09:10
Hmm, I don't really remember, but I wasn't very weak in arithmetic.
:09:17
Oh, I see...
:09:18
Yep.
:09:18
That's good. You probably don't remember because you could do them
with little trouble, I suspect.
:09:24
Uh-huh. But why do you ask?
:09:29
It seems like people who could divide fractions easily would have
little trouble with their life after that, too.
:09:35
Huh?
:09:37
There was a modest girl named ``Rie-chan.'' Though she wasn't really
good at arithmetic, she switched the numerator and denominator as
told and then got 100%!
:09:48
Since then, she grew up doing what she was told, and had no troubles.
:09:54
Now she's a mother, with two kids.
:09:55
Hmmm.
:09:58
I wasn't very good, actually. Though I am weak-minded, I get picky
about things.