The missing tenth man

One day, ten men went on an adventure to the Ganges to take a dip in the holy Indian river. They held the hands of one another while taking the dip. But they somehow forgot to hold hands while coming out of the water.

After coming to the shore, one of the senior men asked, “Have we all crossed the river safely?” The remaining men started looking at each one another. They were confused.

Now the senior man asked everyone to lift his or her hand up to take a count. He started counting and took a count of each person.When the count stopped at nine, other men started screaming and went looking for the missing tenth man. This went on with each person counting men up to nine and missing the tenth man.

A cap vendor, who kept watching the amusing scene, offered help. The vendor gave a cap to each man and asked him to wear it. The men were confused as to what was happening. The vendor asks the senior man to gather all the caps, including his own and count them all.

Everyone was surprised and happy to see ten caps. The silly men credited the vendor to have helped them found their missing member and believe it to be magic. The vendor charged a good amount of money for each cap and walked away happily.But what was the real mystery behind all this? The men forgot to count themselves and hence, the number was always nine.

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