It is not correct to say that an object contains a certain amount of heat, yet an object can transfer heat to another object. How can an object give away something it does not have in the first place?

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It is not correct to say that an object contains a certain amount
of heat, yet an object can transfer heat to another object. How can an
object give away something it does not have in the first place?

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