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Riddle: You can see me in water, but I never get wet. What am I?
Answer: A reflection.
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Riddle: A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of green grass. What am I?
Answer: A Coconut.
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Riddle: A father and son were in a car accident where the father was killed. The ambulance brought the son to the hospital. He needed immediate surgery. In the operating room, a doctor came in and looked at the little boy and said I can't operate on him he is my son. Who is the doctor?
Answer: The Mother.
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Riddle: There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall, and he wears size 13 sneakers. He has a wife and 2 kids. What does he weigh?
Riddle: You go at red but stop at green. What am I?
Answer: Watermelon! You eat the red part, and you stop eating at the green part.
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Riddle: A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream that he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - one at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?
Answer: Take the goose over first and come back. Then take the fox over and bring the goose back. Now take the corn over and come back alone to get the goose. Take the goose over and the job is done!
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Riddle: I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness. What am I?
Answer: The letter S.
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A Slender Body

ROD: 04-27-2025

Riddle: A slender body, a tiny eye, no matter what happens, I never cry. What am I?
Answer: A needle.
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Riddle: Flat as a leaf, round as a ring; Has two eyes, can't see a thing. What is it?
Answer: A button.
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Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"
Answer: You take footsteps and leave footprints.
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