Philosophy: Jane has six apples. Peter has four. Jane eats one of hers. Peter drops one of his, which rolls into the road and is flattened by a bus. Jane gives Peter one of hers, but takes it back and slaps him for twanging her bra-strap. Rosie, who is coming down with a summer cold, arrives carrying a bunch of seven bananas. Rosie gives one to Peter and one to Jane. Jane gives Rosie the apple she took from Peter because she doesn’t know where else his hands have been. Peter's mother, Maureen, returns from the High Street where she has bought another bag of twelve apples, and she gives two each to Jane, Peter and Rosie. The next morning, Maureen gives Peter an orange for his lunch box to take to school. Outside the school gates Peter meets his friend, David. David has two pears in his lunch box and he gives one of them to Peter. At playtime, Rosie eats the apple Jane gave her the day before, which will be good for her cold because she doesn’t notice the vaguely fishy smell. Jane is a vegetarian and her mother, Ruth, made her a salad to take to school, from three radishes, five leaves of lettuce, two inches of cucumber, two spring onions and half a small avocado. That evening Peter chokes to death on a peach stone, so his mum, Maureen, eats one of his apples. How many apples in toto remain undigested in Peter’s small intestine?
