"Hey mister docent person! How
come I only see three cheetahs in the Kenya display?"
"Because," I cleverly replied, " there are only
three cheetahs in the Kenya display."
She took another puzzled look at the map. Gave it a few shakes
and said, "Well, it’s written right here in this Kansas City
zoo guide pamphlet thingy I got at the front gate that there are
sixteen cheetahs in the Kenya area. Now where are the rest?"
She held the "World Traveler" souvenir guide in front of
my eyes and pointed at the evidence.
I took the map, puzzled over the animal inventory momentarily and
then replied, "The table may be somewhat misleading. The number
which precedes the name of each animal at the zoo actually
corresponds to a location on the adjacent zoo map showing where the
animal may be found. Cheetahs, for example, are located in area 16
on the map."
"Oh.... In that case, I suppose you don't have forty-two
tigers either."
"No, we don't."
