Questions：

1．What word can be made shorter by adding something to it？

什么单词加长后更短？


2．What is full of holes but still holds water？

什么东西千疮百孔却可以盛水？

3．What is both over and under the water but doesn’t touch
the water？

什么头上脚下都是水，却滴水不沾？

4．What is smaller than a humming-bird’s mouth？

什么比蜂鸟的嘴小？

Keys：

1．The word “short”．..
是“短”这个单词。

2．A sponge¹．..
是海绵。
3．A girl crossing a bridge with a pail² of water on her head．..
头上顶着一桶水过桥的女孩。
4．Anything it eats.
任何它吃的东西。

Notes：

1．short 加上-er 变成shorter，拼写长了，意思却是“更短”。