These are some riddles from the book The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. I rather like them to tell you the truth. So enjoy. And see how many you can figure out without looking at the answers ;) they're at the bottom I might add.
1.
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
2.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.
3.
An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face,
"That eye is like to this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in low place,
Not in high place."
4.
Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
5.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
6.
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, Up it goes,
And yet never grows?
7.
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
8.
A box without hinges, key or lid
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
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u ready for the answers?
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sure you are. so here you go
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1. Time
2. Fish
3. Sun on the Daisies
4. Teeth
5. The Dark
6. A Mountain
7. The Wind
8. An Egg
Now that wasn't so hard was it??
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