[Tutor] Recursion - Beginner

[Shawn Blazer]

Hello! I'm a high school student, and I'm having some trouble learning  
recursion in my class...
For example:

Trace the sequence of recursive calls that glee(2,1) spawns:

def glee ( idol , scrub ) :
if idol == 0 :
return scrub
elif idol < 0 :
return scrub + glee ( idol + 10 , idol % 3 )
else :
return scrub + glee ( idol - scrub , idol % 3 )

Also, I'm not really sure what a question like this is asking...

>>> getLeaves ( jenny )
[5,3,0,9]
>>>
>>> getLeaves ( joshua )
[15,17,19,11,13]

I know its really simple, but I'm really new to this and I'd really  
appreciate some help.
Thanks!

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