You know given this book's whole deal it's a good thing I enjoy drawing hands
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Gillie: (ASL) Talita! How do you normally count on your hands?
Talita puts a hand on her chin and looks away, frowning.
Talita: Um… it’s not like ASL.
Gillie signs at her forcefully, making Talita turn back with a start.
Gillie: (ASL) Show me!
Talita: Ok.
Talita sits down more comfortably on her rear four legs and holds up a hand. She begins to count with a closed fist, her thumbs postioned outside her curled fingers.
Talita: Zero,
She first opens her right thumb, leaving the other digits curled.
Talita: 1
She next closes her right thumb and extends her right finger, beginning a binary series where curled digits represent zeros, and extended digits represent ones.
The current position of her four-digit hand can be represented as such: 0010
Talita: 2
Hand position: 0011
Talita: 3
Hand position: 0100
Talita: 4
Hand position: 0101
Talita: 5
Hand position: 0110
Talita: 6
Hand position: 0111
Talita: 7
Hand position: 1000
Talita: 8
Hand position: 1001
Talita: 9
Hand position: 1010
Talita: 10
Hand position: 1011
Talita: 11
Hand position: 1100
Talita: 12
Hand position: 1101
Talita: 13
Hand position: 1110
Talita: 14
Hand position: 1111
Talita: 15
On the last hand position, Talita repeats the closed fist, but this time with the thumbs inside the curled fingers.
Talita: 16.
