Consider the old riddle "Why did the chicken cross the road?". Everyone thinks they know the answer is "To get to the other side." but they are wrong. You will know the true answer, not when you hear it, but when you understand it.

|Your assumption about a text affects the meaning you derive from the text. You were told the question was a riddle, but you assumed it was a simple literal question. Your assumption has set in motion the course of misunderstanding. "To get to the other side.", sounds like a reasonable answer to a literal question. You groan and think that is the dumbest riddle you have ever heard. In fact, some people are so arrogant to call it a non-riddle, being secure in their ignorance.