Riddles: What am I?

Published February 12, 2011

No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? Answer: I am a fire.

******* I have three letters, and I read the same forward and backwards. I rhyme with a word that is important to everyone. What word am I? Answer: Eye (rhymes with ‘I’.)

******* With pointed fangs it sits in wait, With piercing force its doles out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What am I? Answer: A stapler

******* A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid. What is it? Answer: An egg

******* I walk on, Four legs in the beginning, Two legs in the middle, Three legs in the end. What am I? Answer: Man — four legs as a baby, two legs as an adult, three legs as an elderly with a cane.

— Compiled by The Surfer

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