A zoo is planning a new Small Mammal House, and the director is busily working trying to get the new animals together for it. The dwarf mongoose is one of his favorite animals, so he decides to obtain a breeding pair. Sitting down at his laptop, he prepares to fire off an email to an animal dealer with whom he has dealt in the past.
"Dear Sir," he writes, "I would like to place an order for two mongooses..." Then he stops.
"Mongooses? Is that right?" he muses. He deletes what he wrote and starts again.
"Dear Sir, I would like to place an order for two mongeese..."
Wait, no, that doesn't sound right either.
"... for two mongi..."
No, that's not it.
After a few minutes of careful thought, he deletes what he has written and starts anew.
"Dear Sir, I would like to place an order for a dwarf mongoose. Actually, why don't we make it two?"
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