A grandmother was watching her 8-year-old granddaughter while her parents were out of town. The young girl was delaying bedtime, as usual, so her grandmother told her about counting sheep to fall asleep. The 8-year-old thought that was a good idea.

Everything was quiet for a while. But just as grandmother was dozing off herself, a little voice sounded…

“Grandma?”

“Yes?”

“There are 38.”