Intermediate - Sheep, Wolves, and Fruit: a Riddle (C0418)

草原上来了一群羊。猜一种水果——草莓。
cǎoyuán shàng lái le yī qún yáng 。cāi yīzhǒng shuǐguǒ ——cǎoméi 。
A flock of sheep came to a field. Guess the fruit. (strawberry)

草原上又来了一群狼。猜一种水果——杨梅。
cǎoyuán shàng yòu lái le yī qún láng 。cāi yīzhǒng shuǐguǒ ——yángméi 。
Then a pack of wolves came to the field. Guess the fruit. (red bayberry)

草原上来了一群狼,没吃羊。猜一种海洋生物——虾。
cǎoyuán shàng lái le yī qún láng ,méi chī yáng 。cāi yīzhǒng hǎiyáng shēngwù ——xiā 。
A pack of wolves came to the field, but they didn’t eat the sheep. Guess the marine animal. (shrimp)

草原上来了狼,羊惊叫,狼还是没吃羊。猜一种海洋生物——龙虾。
cǎoyuán shàng lái le láng ,yáng jīngjiào ,láng hái shì méi chī yáng 。cāi yīzhǒng hǎiyáng shēngwù ——lóngxiā 。
The wolves came to the field, the sheep bleated in fear; the wolves still didn’t eat the sheep. Guess the marine animal. (lobster)

Vocabulary

草原 cǎoyuán field
一群 yīqún a flock of
yáng sheep
cāi to guess
一种 yīzhǒng a type of
水果 shuǐguǒ fruit
草莓 cǎoméi strawberry
láng wolf
杨梅 yángméi red bayberry
海洋生物 hǎiyáng shēngwù marine animal
xiā shrimp
惊叫 jīngjiào to bleat in fear
龙虾 lóngxiā lobster
谜语 míyǔ riddle
谜底 mídǐ answer to a riddle
同音词 tóngyīncí homonym
多汁 duōzhī juicy
转弯 zhuǎnwān turn around
至少 zhìshǎo at least
多一倍 duōyībèi to be double