Amos' flight of fancy caused him to overshoot his ability to count. It has happened before, and will surely happen again. When he shouted. . .er. . . gesticulated. . . errr. . . articulated. . . errrr. . . ejaculated prematurely that he had reached 6000, we knew and we pitied him. We don't pity him most of the time, mostly we're amused and intrigued, but this time, well, it was just so obvious. . .