The Goats on the Bridge | 桥上的山羊

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This is a true story from a university entrance exam in Taiwan.

The English composition question provided a prompt and asked candidates to complete the story. The prompt was:

One day the black goat meet the white goat on a bridge.

One candidate wrote the following response:

Then the black goat asked the white goat: "Can you speak Chinese?"
The white goat answered: "Why not!"

And then proceeded to write the rest of the composition entirely in Chinese.

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