John worked as a cabin boy on a small ship. One morning he b

John worked as a cabin boy on a small ship. One morning he brought in breakfast for the captain and said: “May I ask you something, sir?” “Of course you may,” said the captain who saw that the boy looked alarmed. “What is it?” “Can you say that you have lost a thing you know where it is?’ “Of course you can’t say you have lost it,” answered the captain. “Then I haven’t lost your coffee-pot because I know where it is,” said John with a smile. “Where is it?” asked the captain. “At the bottom of the sea.”