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Riddle: There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
Answer: The base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I
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Riddle: What runs around the whole yard without moving?
Answer: A fence.
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Riddle: A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky, Atop a tender strand, Rising from the land, 'Til killed by maiden's hand, Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye. What am I?
Answer: A flower.
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Counting Crows

ROD: 08-31-2025

Riddle: If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?
Answer: None. The rest of the crows flew away when they heard the gunshot.
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Riddle: Squeeze me and I cry tears as red as flesh, but my heart is made of stone. What am I?
Answer: A cherry.
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Riddle: When do truck drivers stop to eat?
Answer: Whenever they come to a fork in the road.
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Riddle: I am never quite what I appear to be. Straight-forward I seem, but it's only skin deep, for mystery most often lies beneath my simple speech. Sharpen your wits, open your eyes, look beyond my exteriors, read me backward, forwards, upside down. Think critically and answer the question. What am I?
Answer: I am a Riddle!
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I Won't Crowd You

ROD: 08-27-2025

Riddle: I can be thin, but not fat; You need me around, I promise not to crowd you; Some use a lot of me, especially if they like to chat. What am I?
Riddle: I can hold you prisoner Or set you free I can swing with ease (Though not from a tree) I have many shapes I have many sizes Yet, 'til we shake hands I'll hide my surprises. What am I?

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ROD: 08-25-2025

Riddle: I do not breathe, but I run and jump. I do not eat, but I swim and stretch. I do not drink, but I sleep and stand. I do not think, but I grow and play. I do not see, but you see me every day. What am I?
Answer: I am a leg.
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