Riddles
Welcome the day with a show of light,
I stealthily came here in the night.
I bathe the earthy stuff at dawn,
But by the noon, alas! I’m gone.
What am I?
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Throw it off the highest building, and I’ll not break. But put me in the ocean, and I will. What am I?
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I start with the letter e,
I end with the letter e.
I contain only one letter,
Yet I am not the letter e!
What am I?
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I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul.
What am I?
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I move silently, without wings,
Between silvery, silken strings,
And there stretched in the grass
You’ll see my web as you pass.
What am I?
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I can travel from there to here by disappearing,
and here to there by reappearing.
What am I?
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I have streets but no pavement.
I have cities but no buildings.
I have forests yet no trees.
I have rivers yet no water.
What am I?
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Late afternoons I often bathe.
I’ll soak in water piping hot.
My essence goes through my see through clothes.
Used up am I; I’ve gone to pot.
What am I?
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A dagger thrust at my own heart,
Dictates the way I’m swayed.
Left I stand, and right I yield,
To the twisting of the blade.
What am I?
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I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I’m always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?
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