The Cyanide Watermelon Sign | 氰化物西瓜告示牌

English Original

A farmer, troubled by local children sneaking into his watermelon patch at night to eat his crop, devised a clever plan to scare them off. He posted a sign in the field that read: "Warning! One of the watermelons in this field has been injected with cyanide."

The next night, the children saw the sign and fled. However, they returned and posted their own sign next to the farmer's. When the farmer came to check his field, he found that no watermelons were missing. But next to his warning was a new sign that said: "Now there are two!"


中文翻译

一位农夫饱受当地孩童夜间潜入他的西瓜地偷吃西瓜的困扰。为了吓跑他们,他想出了一个巧妙的计划。他在田里竖起了一块告示牌,上面写着:“警告!本瓜田中的一个西瓜已被注射了氰化物。”

第二天晚上,孩子们看到告示后逃走了。然而,他们又回来了,并在农夫的告示牌旁边贴上了自己的告示。当农夫来查看他的田地时,他发现西瓜一个都没少。但在他自己的警告旁边,多了一块新告示,上面写着:“现在有两个了!”

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