Once upon a time, there was a six- or seven-year-old boy named Ah Bao in Nanping, Fujian Province, who was talented and very studious, not only good at couplets, but also very good at making puzzles, which was difficult for many literati and inkers, and people called him a prodigy. Later, his reputation reached the ears of the county official, who did not believe it and decided to meet Ah Bao in person. So he found Ah Bao and asked Ah Bao to come up with a mystery for him to guess.
Ah Bao gave a salute, and then said, "Let the old man guess an animal first." ”
The county magistrate said, "Anything." ”
Ah Bao continued: "From a distance it looks like a cat, and up close it is a cat; but it is bigger than a kitten and smaller than a big cat." After the county official listened to it, he said more than a dozen mysteries in a row, and Ah Bao kept shaking his head. Helpless to let Ah Bao say the mystery, it turns out that the mystery is "half a big cat". The county official cried and laughed, and let Ah Bao come up with another mystery. Ah Bao continued, "It looks like a dog from a distance, but it looks like a dog up close; it doesn't move when you hit it, it doesn't move when you kick it—what kind of animal is this?" The county official guessed for half a day or could not guess correctly, and Ah Bao smiled: "It's a dead dog!"
The county official was furious, but there was no way to let Ah Bao out of the mystery. Ah Bao said, "From a distance, it looks like a cow, and when it is hit, it shrinks its head; it is timid and strong, and it carries the house on its back." ”
Who knows, the county official racked his brains this time, searched all the dry intestines, still did not guess, helplessly laughed a little, said: "Prodigy, really is a prodigy also." "Dear reader, guess what the puzzle is?
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