Riddle:
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I lick will soon turn red. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
Riddle:
When are politicians particularly sweet?
Answer: When they are candidates (candied dates).
Riddle:
There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies.
What is it?
Answer: A watermelon.
Riddle:
When a carpenter starts a new house, where does she strike the first nail?
Answer: On the Head
Riddle:
Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today.
Where?
Answer: The Dictionary.
Riddle:
Part pickle, part crazy, You can't call this flower lazy. It perks its head up with a snout And if it had a voice - I'm sure it'd shout. What is it?
Answer: A Daffodil.
Riddle:
When is a baby not a baby?
Answer: When it's a little cross.
Riddle:
Deep, deep, do they go. Spreading out as they go. Never needing any air. They are sometimes as fine as hair. What are they?
Answer: Roots.
Riddle:
Dawns away, The day's turned grey And I must travel far away. But I'll be back And then we'll track, The light of yet another day. What is it?
Answer: The Sun or a shadow.
The riddle is written as if the sun is speaking to us. It's not saying the sun tracks its light; it's saying:
- “I’ll be back” → the sun will rise again.
- “And then we’ll track the light”→ we(humans) will follow, notice, and live by its light through another day.
Riddle:
I was born blind, And could not see, Until it was a quarter of three. I could not smile, Til half past six, And all of my arms and legs Were made of sticks. What am I?
Answer: A doll.
