How many peanuts had been in sally's sack?

On the way home from school, Sally McCrackin likes to eat peanuts. One day, just as she was reaching into her sack, a hideous, laughing creature jumped into her path, identified itself as a pig eyes, and grabbed her sack. It stole half her peanuts plus two more. A bit shaken, Sally continued home. Before she had a chance to eateven onee peanut, another horrid creature jumped into her path, and also stole half of her peanuts plus one more.Upset shee continued on. (What else could she do?) But before she had a chance to eat even one peanut, another ofthese tricksterss jumped out and did the very same thing—took half her peanuts plus two more.Now there were only two peanuts left in Sally’s sack. She was so despairing, she sat down and began to sob.The threee little pig eyes reappeared, feeling some sense of remorse, and told her they would return all her peanutsif shee told them how many she had altogether when she started. How many peanuts had been in Sally’s sack?