One day a rich man met Sam on the road. The rich man said to Sam, "I hear you are very clever, but I don't believe." Sam answered with a smile,"Oh, I am not clever, instead, you are silly." The rich man was angry, but Sam said, "Don't be angry. Now let me ask you a question. If you have a group of sheep, and I give you another group of sheep, how many groups of sheep do you have?" The rich man answered, "Oh! That's easy . I have two groups of sheep." Sam laughed and said, "You are wrong. Two gruops of sheep put together is still one group. That's easy!"

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一天，一個(gè)富人在路上遇到薩姆。富人對(duì)薩姆說(shuō)，“我聽(tīng)說(shuō)你很聰明，可是我不相信。”薩姆笑著答道：“噢，不是我聰明，而是你太笨。”富人生氣了，可是薩姆說(shuō)，“不要生氣，現(xiàn)在我問(wèn)你一個(gè)問(wèn)題。假設(shè)你有一群羊，我又給你一群羊，你有幾群羊?”富人回答：“啊，這太簡(jiǎn)單了，我有兩群羊。”薩姆哈哈大笑，“你錯(cuò)了，兩群羊放到一起還是一群羊。這太簡(jiǎn)單了!”