[ Which One Is the Odd One Out? ]: Weekly Short-Short Note (Ten-in-Ten-Eight-Nine-Seven-Five-Three)

↑↑ I participated in this prompt [Ten-in-Ten-Eight-Nine-Seven-Five-Three].
For a prompt I don't quite understand, I'll write a story I don't quite understand.
This is a short-short story that goes over the character limit 😊♪

[ Which One Is the Odd One Out? ]

　
　My daughter brought home some school homework.

“Hey Mom, out of 'Ten-in-Ten-Eight-Nine-Seven-Five-Three', which one do you think is the odd one out?”

　What kind of homework is that!
　I thought, and since I'm not very good at riddles, I looked at the problem carefully.
　Oh, wait, this is easy.

“It's 'Ten' (中), right!”

　I said confidently, and my daughter asked, “Why~?”

“Because everything except 'Ten' (中) is a number.”
“Oh, I see.”

　My daughter said that, but she didn't look convinced, so I asked, “Are there others?”

“Well,”

　my daughter continued.

“For example, 'Ten' (十) looks like a plus sign, 'Eight' (八) looks like the katakana 'ha', and the character for 'Nine' (九) has a hook, right?”

　Huh?

“And, 'Seven' (七) is facing right, 'Five' (五) is facing left, and 'Three' (三) is easy to count.”

　Oh boy.

“Like, they're all different.”

　What is with this child's rich imagination?

“But, I figured it out!”
“Oh yeah? What is it?”
“Watch this.”

　It was starting to get fun.

“Like this.”

　My daughter wrote 'Ten-in-Ten-Eight-Nine-Seven-Five-Three' in large characters on a piece of paper.

“And then, like this...”

　She folded the paper so that the middle of the characters formed a peak.

“See, only 'Eight' (八) can still be read as 'eight' even if you fold it in half.”

　It's true, even if you fold the top and bottom in half, only 'eight' can still be read.

“You found that out, huh?”

　Yeah, I wonder if my child is a genius.
　My daughter laughed, “Hehehe,” and then,

“But, it's sad to be the odd one out, so I'll just say they're all kanji.”
“That's a good idea.”

　I agreed, but,

“Yeah, so I'll tell the teacher that tomorrow.”

(Don't do that!)

　I'm currently debating whether or not to say that, while watching my satisfied daughter.

The End.

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