The Right Answer

 A Teacher teaching Maths to a seven year-old Rose asked him . “If I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many apples will you have?” Within a few seconds Rose replied...

The Right Answer  

A Teacher teaching Maths to a seven year-old Rose asked him . “If I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many apples will you have?” Within a few seconds Rose replied confidently, “Four!” .

“Maybe the child did not listen properly” , she thought. She repeated, “Rose, listen carefully. It is very simple. If I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many apples will you have? "

Rose calculated again on his fingers. But within him he was also searching for the answer that will make the teacher happy . This time hesitatingly he replied: “Four…..”

The teacher remembered Rose loves Strawberries . She thought maybe he doesn’t like apples and that is making him lose focus.

This time with exaggerated excitement and twinkling eyes she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one more strawberry, then how many will Rose have?"

Young Rose calculated on his fingers again . With a hesitating smile young Rose enquired, “Three"? The teacher now had victorious smile. But one last thing remained.

Once again she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple , how many will you have?" Promptly Rose answered , “Four!" The teacher was aghast. ”How Rose, How?” she demanded in a little stern and irritated voice.

In a voice that was law and hesitating young Rose replied , “Because I already have on apple in my bag”...

Moral of the Story: When someone gives us an answer that is different from what we are expecting , not necessarily they are wrong. There may be an angle that we have not understood at all.