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prompter
Bob originally had 20 pencils.   4 of the pencils broke.  How many pencils does Bob now have?
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assistant
Bob has 16 unbroken pencils.
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prompter
I've always found those kinds of arithmetic exercises funny. Please write a short story where someone named Bob actually has 20 pencils for a sensible reason, and four of them break.