They liked their new point so much that they decided to stay that way for a while, showing all the students in the 1st grade that whenever two lines cross, they always share exactly .

From that day on, whenever you see an "X" or a "+" on your paper, you’ll know that Linus and Lola (or their friends) are having a meeting at their favorite spot: the .

But they were both moving too fast to stop. They didn't break, though. Instead, they crossed right over each other.

Linus was a very proud horizontal line. He loved to stretch out from left to right, reaching as far as the eye could see. Lola was a tall, elegant vertical line who loved to reach for the stars and point down to the grass.

"Watch out!" Linus called out."You watch out!" Lola laughed.

They realized that by crossing paths, they had created something special: a . They weren't just two lonely lines anymore; they were now Intersecting Lines .

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