A Riddling Tale

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Three women were changed into flowers which grew in the field, but one of them was allowed to be in her own home at night. Then once when day was drawing near, and she was forced to go back to her companions in the field and become a flower again, she said to her husband, "If thou wilt come this afternoon and gather me, I shall be set free and henceforth stay with thee." And he did so. Now the question is, how did her husband know her, for the flowers were exactly alike, and without any difference? Answer: as she was at her home during the night and not in the field, no  

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部分单词解释

with 来自四年级上学期	具有
them 来自五年级上学期	他们
day 来自二年级下学期	白天
own 来自三年级下学期	拥有
one 来自一年级上学期	一
once 来自五年级下学期	一旦
flower 来自二年级上学期	花
become 来自五年级下学期	成为
stay 来自五年级下学期	停留
her 来自五年级上学期	她

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