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When Helen was little, Saturday night was her family game night. After supper, the whole family would play Chinese chess in the sitting room. As a c, Helen loved to watch cartoons. But no matter how many times she asked to watch them, her parents would r her. They said that playing Chinese chess would help exercise her brain. Still Helen wasn't w to play it with them sometimes. Helen didn't realize how w her parents were until she entered high school. The games that her parents taught her when she was a little girl turned out to be very useful l in her life.