A conceited boy

[dariakosh]

Edward came home for the holidays; he thought that he was very clever, because he had been at school for a year. At dinner he said to his father: "Daddy, you think that you see two cakes on the plate. I am going to show you that there are three." Pointing to the first cake Ed­ward said: "This is one, and that is two. If I add the one to the two, I'll get three."
"Very well," said his father, "if what you say is true, I'll take the first cake, your mother will take the second and you may take the third."