¹     "Tomorrow is the 100th day of school," Mr. Jones told his class.
 
²     "How long is 100 days?"
 
³     "About 12 weeks," Luke said.
 
⁴     "No, it is 10 months," Jim said.
 
⁵     "You are both wrong," Ann said. "It is a whole year!"
 
⁶     "How long is 100 days?" the class asked Mr. Jones.
 
⁷     Mr. Jones smiled.
 
⁸     "I'm not going to tell you," he said. "I want you to find out for yourselves."
 
⁹     "How can we do that?" the children asked.
 
¹⁰     "I want you to go home and think about it," Mr. Jones said.
 
¹¹     "Tomorrow each one of you should bring 100 of something."
 
¹²     "I do not know of anything," Mike said.
 
¹³     "Neither do I," John whined.
 
¹⁴     "Just think about it. Look around you. I bet everyone can find 100 of something."

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