ABSTRACT

Before her fourth birthday, Abby was given five train engines. She walked in one day with three of them. Her father said, "Where's the other ones?" "I lost them," she admitted. "How many are missing?" he asked. "I have 1, 2, 3. So [pointing in the air] foooour, fiiiive . . . two are missing, four and five. [pause] No! I want these to be [pointing at the three engines] one, three, and five. So, two and four are missing. Still two missing, but they're numbers two and four."