"If you come through that door with three pieces of candy in your hand, you don't get any."
(Child enters with four pieces.)
"If you come through that door carrying three or more pieces of candy in your hand, you don't get any."
(Child enters with two-and-a-half pieces.)
"If you come through that door carrying more than two pieces of candy in your hand, you don't get any."
(Child enters carring two pieces in one hand, one in the other.)
"If you come through that door carrying more than two pieces of candy total, anywhere, you don't get any."
(Child pushes three pieces of candy into the room, along the floor.)
(Parent whimpers, dies.)