Four girls go to school every day by taxi. One day one of the girls says, "There is a test in the morning. Let's get to school late. Then we will not have to take the test." "What can we tell the teacher?" one of the girls asks. "He will be angry. We need a good excuse." The girls think for a few minutes, then one of them says, "Let's tell him that our taxi has a flat tyre." "That's a good idea," the other girls say. "We will tell him that." They arrive at school an hour later. The test is finished. "Why are you late?" the teacher asks. "You missed the test." "Our taxi has a flat tyre," one of the girls says. The teacher thinks for a moment, then he says, "Sit down." The girls do this . Then the teacher says, "Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tyre is flat?" what a difficult question ! The girls look at each other sadly. At last they give the different answers.
壹個困難的問題
四個女孩每天都乘出租汽車上學。 壹天，其中壹個女孩說，“今天早晨有壹個測驗，讓我們晚點去學校。 那麽，我們將可以不用測驗了”。 “那我們怎樣告訴教師呢？” 其中壹個女孩問。 “他壹定會很生氣的。 我們需要壹個借口。” 女孩想了幾分鐘，然後說，“我們就告訴他，我們的出租汽車的壹個輪胎癟了”。 “真是壹個好主意”，其它女孩高興地說。
壹個小時以後，他們到達了學校。 測驗已經結束了。 “為什麽妳們遲到了？” 教師問。 “妳們錯過了測驗”。 “我們的出租汽車的壹個輪胎癟了”，其中壹個女孩說。 教師想想了壹會兒，然後說，“坐下”。 女孩照著做了。 然後，教師說，“請妳們回答這個問題，並把答案寫在紙上，那就是哪壹個輪胎是癟的？” 這是壹個多麽困難的問題啊！ 女孩悲傷地互相看著。當然啦，結果不說大家也知道，同壹個問題，他們竟給了四個不同的答案。