"Oh dear! I forgot it was a leap year!" I blurted out when school phoned disappointingly that I was supposed to be at school. I hadn't alerted the school, since I wasn't immune to the fact that the 29th February was a school day! How could I forget such a simple date? The headteacher suddenly drew a deep breath on the opposite side of the line and spoke, "You better come around right now young man, until you look a little closer at all the dates on the school calendar," she chided. In the blink of an eye, which is very quick indeed, I flung on my school wear and rapidly hurried to the door...