Bar Riddle

    A Norwegian took a trip to Fargo, North Dakota. While in a bar, an Indian on the next stool spoke¹ to the Norwegian in a friendly manner.
    "Look," he said, "let's have a little game. I'll ask you a riddle². If you can answer it, I'll buy YOU a drink. If you can't then you buy ME one. OK?""Ja, dat sounds purty good," said the Norwegian.
    The Indian said, "My father and mother had one child. It wasn't my brother. It wasn't my sister. Who was it?"The Norwegian scratched his head and finally said, "I give up. Who vas it?""It was ME," chortled the Indian.
    So the Norwegian paid for the drinks. Back in Sioux Falls the Norwegian went into the bar and spotted³ one of his cronies, "Sven," he said, "I got a game. If you can answer a question, I'll buy you a drink. If you can't, YOU have to buy ME vun. Fair enough?""Fair enough," said Sven.
    Ok...my father and mudder had vun child. It vasn't my brudder. It vasn't my sister. Who vas it?""Search me," said Sven. "I give up, who vas it?""It vas some Indian up in Fargo, North Dakota."

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

3 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。