A mother left a bag of sweets on the work top in her kitchen and left the house.

Before doing so, she wrote on a piece a piece of paper “Only eat a few, I will be keeping an eye on them!” and left this next to the sweets.

Also in the kitchen was a box of chocolates. Jim, the youngest child, ate one and wrote on a piece of paper for his sister to see; “Eat as many as you like – mother is keeping an eye on the sweets.”