Maxim sat at his desk, staring at his 4th-grade math textbook. The orange and white cover seemed to glow under his desk lamp. He flipped to a page filled with diagrams of trains and clocks.
Maxim closed his eyes. Suddenly, the walls of his room faded away. He wasn't in his bedroom anymore; he was standing on a windy platform at Station A. A giant steam engine hissed beside him. The conductor, who looked remarkably like the illustration of a wise owl from his textbook, checked a gold pocket watch.
"Two hours!" Maxim shouted over the roar of the engine. "They will meet in exactly two hours, at 10:00 AM!" Maxim sat at his desk, staring at his
"Problem number 15," he whispered. "A train leaves Station A at 8:00 AM traveling at 60 km/h..."
"We're behind schedule, Maxim!" the Owl-Conductor hooted. "If we don't calculate the meeting point with the freight train from Station B, we’ll be stuck in the snowy pass forever!" Maxim closed his eyes
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"They are moving toward each other," Maxim realized. "So I add the speeds! He divided the total distance by the combined speed: A giant steam engine hissed beside him
The Owl-Conductor smiled, blew a silver whistle, and the train let out a triumphant CHOO-CHOO! The world began to blur. The steam turned into the smell of his mom's cooking, and the cold wind turned into the hum of his bedroom fan.