A teacher was helping her student with a math problem. She recited the
following story: "There are three birds sitting on a wire. A hunter shoots
one of the birds. How many birds are left on the wire?"
The boy pauses. "None," he replied thoughtfully.
"No, no, no. Let's try again," the teacher says patiently. She holds up
three fingers. "There are three birds sitting on a wire. A hunter shoots
one," she puts down one finger, "how many birds are left on the wire?"
"None," the boy says with authority.
The teacher sighs, "Tell me how you came up with that."
"It's simple," says the boy, "after the hunter shot one bird, he scared the
other two away."
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