Police chase stampeding piglets on Chinese motorway August 16th, 2013

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Chaos on a motorway in China as police try to catch a group of stampeding piglets.

Officers could be seen running after the agile animals in China's Guiyang province after the truck carrying them overturned.

Police finally outsmarted the runaways when they started cooling themselves under a rescue truck with the road eventually able to be reopened.

Difficult words:

stampede = when a group of large animals or people suddenly start running in the same direction because they are frightened or excited

piglet  = a young pig

agile = able to move quickly and easily

outsmart = to gain an advantage over someone using tricks or your intelligence

eventually = after a long time, or after a lot of things have happened
 

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