Mother asked her son, "Jim, if you have ten candies and you eat four, how many do you have left?"
"Ten," Jim replied.
"Ten?" Mother asked, surprised.
"Yes, Mum. Four are in my stomach, and six are outside. Four plus six equals ten, right?"
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