Chapter 400: Reciting the Dictionary
One of the teachers curiously asked the sextuplets, "How do you all know so much? Who taught you?"
Fifthie proudly replied, "We taught ourselves! Our dad has a lot of books in the bookcase, and I can remember everything just by looking at them. There are some words I don't recognize, but Mom said she'll take us to the bookstore later. We'll buy books, especially a dictionary. Once we memorize everything in the dictionary, there won't be any words we don't know anymore."
The teachers exchanged amazed glances. A group of prodigies with photographic memory? "You want to see a dictionary, huh? Just wait!" One of the curly-haired teachers, eager to find out if these six children were truly prodigies, went to his office and brought back a "Dictionary of Ancient Europe." He handed it to the six little ones.
"This is the dictionary you want to see. Take a good look. It's not easy to memorize such a thick book!"
As soon as the six little girls saw the dictionary, they rushed over with excitement. "I'm the oldest, so I'll go first!" Eldie quickly flipped through the dictionary from beginning to end and then handed it to Secondie, instructing her, "Pass it to Thirdie when you're done. Follow the order."
Secondie read through the dictionary once and obediently passed it to Thirdie. In the same way, Forthie, Fifthie, and Sixie took their turns. Each child only needed to flip through it once to remember everything.
Finally, Sixie returned the dictionary to Professor Grunt, politely saying, "Thank you, Professor Grunt!"
Professor Grunt chuckled as he took the dictionary, turning to the other teachers and asking, "Do you believe they've memorized everything?"
The other teachers laughed and shook their heads. No one believed that the six children had truly memorized the contents of the dictionary.
One of the teachers was puzzled and pointed at Sixie, asking Professor Grunt, "How did she know your last name is Grunt?"
"You all have name tags!" Sixie pointed at Professor Grunt's name tag and earnestly recited, "Kindergarten teacher, Lena Grunt."
"Oh my, you know my name?" Lena Grunt was both surprised and delighted. Those characters were quite complex, and many older students didn't even recognize them.
Sixie replied, "Didn't you ask us to look at the dictionary? Once I finished reading the dictionary, I naturally recognized your name."
Lena Grunt was half skeptical and asked Sixie, "Then tell me, how many strokes are in the character of your name, and how is it explained in the dictionary?"
Sixie took a look around and had a long breath, “Forget it.”
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