Little Johnny got kicked out of school today. The teacher asked him, “If I gave you twenty dollars. And you paid five dollars to Kate, five dollars to Sally and five dollars to Linda. What would you have?

Johnny hesitated for a moment before speaking. “The teacher asked me a question, and I didn’t know the answer,” he confessed, his voice tinged with regret.

The principal leaned forward, his expression sympathetic. “And what was the question?”

Johnny swallowed hard before answering. “She asked me, ‘If I gave you twenty dollars, and you paid five dollars to Kate, five dollars to Sally, and five dollars to Linda, what would you have?'”

The principal nodded, his brow furrowing in thought. “And what did you say?”

Johnny hung his head, feeling a lump form in his throat. “I said I’d have nothing left,” he murmured, his voice barely audible.

The principal’s eyes softened as he listened to Johnny’s response. He could sense the boy’s distress and understood the weight of his words.