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The word "inertia" I first heard in childhood. My father was an avid chess lover. And if any chess player came to our house, my father immediately took out a massive box made of palm wood. Chess was kept there, also made of palm trees, and the lid served as a board. It was a prize received for winning some kind of tournament. And all evening the father and the guest, carried away by the game, remained deaf and dumb, did not answer questions, did not hear when they were called to supper.

This made my mother very angry. She liked everything to be done on time, so that the guests kept up an interesting conversation and, in any case, sat down at the table at the first call. And then one day, when dinner had cooled down completely, and both chess players only mumbled something incomprehensible in response to all the calls, my mother in despair grabbed the edge of the tablecloth on which the palm box stood and pulled with all her strength.

Mom wanted to stop the hated game. But what was her astonishment when the tablecloth easily pulled out from under the drawer, and the chess set did not even move!

Chess and inertia

Mom was dumbfounded with a tablecloth in her hands. The chess players looked at her and burst out laughing. Here and at mum all anger has passed or has taken place. She started laughing too.

- You see, - said the father, wiping his tears from laughter. - You see what inertia means!
- Yeah... - Mom answered. - And you have no less inertia than your chess. You won't be moved either!

And we sat down to dinner. And I kept thinking: "What is this - inertia? And why didn't chess fall?"

Author: Galpershtein L.Ya.

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