“Ah ha!” Mr. Ross answered happily. “I thought you’d never ask.” Detestable Robert groaned. He did not like when Feenix succeeded in distracting him. ‘Detestable Robert’ was Feenix’s name for him. Brigit didn’t think this was exactly fair. Robert was irritating, but Feenix drove a lot of people crazy, too. Mr. Ross went over and pulled a couple of things out of his backpack—a big yellow grapefruit and a bright green apple. There was a chopstick driven through the center of the apple so it stuck out at either end. He laid these down gently on his desk. “Who can tell me what great celestial event occurs on this very day?” Brigit knew the answer, but she wasn’t about to raise her hand and have everybody stare at her. Robert lifted his arm, looking bored. “The vernal equinox,” he said. Mr. Ross nodded in satisfaction. “Magnifico!” he said. “And who can tell me what the vernal equinox is?” Robert raised his hand again, but Mr. Ross ignored him. He looked around and stopped at Edward. “C’mon, Eddie, my man. I know you know this.” “First day of spring,” Edward said. “Spring?” Feenix objected. “Does that look like spring to you?” She threw st her hand toward the window. How can you call that spring? It’s March 21 . This isn’t good, is it? What if something’s happened? What if spring doesn’t come at all?” Mr. Ross wrinkled his brow and pulled on his ear. “These are good answers and a difficult question. Knowing that you are thinking about these things makes it worth it to get out of my bed in the morning.” He bowed to them all. “But before we can go any further we need to take a closer look at what the vernal equinox is. “First of all, I want you to realize that in ancient times people did not have our advantages. They had no clue. They saw that the seasons came and went and
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