E-Pao! Wathi Jugai - Riddles #1
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Pretty easy but cool ones.
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- What grows bigger the more you take from it?
A hole in the ground
- What flies but never rests?
The wind.
- What kind of water never freezes?
Hot water.
- What has teeth but cannot bite?
A comb.
- What has an eye but cannot see?
A Needle
- What grows roots downward in winter but cannot grow in summer?
A Icicle
- What is made dirty by washing?
Water
- What has many eyes but no nose?
A Potato
- What has one head, one foot, one body, and four legs?
A Bed
- What is full of holes but holds water?
A sponge
- Round as an apple, yellow as gold, with more things
in it than you are old. What am I?
A Pumpkin
- I run up the hill, and run down the hill, but in spite of it all, I am
still. What am I?
A Road
- I have a head like a cat. I have feet like at cat. But I am not a
cat. What am I?
A Kitten
- As long as I eat, I live. But when I drink, I die. What am I?
A Fire
- Runs all day but never walks. Often murmurs but never talks. Has a
bed but never sleeps. Has a mouth but never eats. What is it?
A River
- In spring I look gray. Dressed in bright array in summer more
clothing I wear. But when colder it grows, I fling off my clothes and in
winter quite naked appear. What am I?
A Tree
- A box without hinges, a key or a lid. Yet golden treasure inside is
hid. What is it?
A Egg
- There may be a houseful or a holeful, but you cannot catch a bowlful.
What is it?
A Smoke
- Four fingers and a thumb, but flesh and blood I have none. What am I?
A Glove
- I'm not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river,
but I'm full of water. What am I?
A Cloud
- I'm French, I'm Italian, I'm English, I'm Manipuri. Some
love me dearly. Some slight me too much. I often die young, though I live
through the ages. But no queen is attended by so many pages. What am I?
A Book
Taken from "Games to Play While We Wait," Current, Inc, 1988.
Complied for you by: Marc;-)
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