buy some pears

One day a little girl came into a shop. She had five dollars ang wanted to buy some pears. She said to the shopkeeper, “Please give me pears for five dollars.”When the shopkeeper gave her the pears,the girl counted them. Then she said, “Last week my mother bought pears here for five dollars, and she got more than I got for the same money. Why did you give me so few?”“Don’t ask questions,my girl.I have no time for questions.”“Excuse me,sir,”said the little girl, “but…”“That’s all right, my girl,”said the shopkeeper. “Don’t you understand? You get fewer pears, and you will carry less fruit.”“All right,”said the girl and she put four dollars on the counter. She was going to leave the shop when she heard the words, “Come back. You must give me five dollars.”“That’s all right!”said the girl, “Don’t you understand?You get fewer dollars,and you will count less money.”