The spelling elephant
The class teacher asks students in her English class to name an animal that begins with an E.
One boy enthusiastically raised his hand and answered: “Elephant.”
The teacher was impressed and she asks for an animal that begins with a T. The same boy says: “Two elephants.”
The teacher sends the boy out of the class for bad behaviour. After that, she asks for an animal beginning with M.
The boy shouts from the other side of the door: “Maybe an elephant!”