Riddles2

1. Working hard for her whole life,
      Beautiful flower gardens her haunts;
      She is making something valuable,
      Sweeter even than delicious candies.

2. What is it that dies when it drinks water?

3. It cannot be clenched, it cannot be held,
      but it refreshes the body.

4. The white man with one leg.

5. A fruit on a tree,
      A tree on a fruit.

6. You'll go that way,
      I'll go this way.
      We'll soon meet
      At a beau (bow) spot.

7. Bent over when filled,
      straight when empty.

8. Arithmetic above, play a swing below.

9. A tiny tot, this girl;
      Her name - Miss Ruby Red.
      Clad in a skit of scarlet,
      A piece, the price on her head.
      She bujrns mouths and brings tears;
      In this she's unequalled, with no peers.

10. Let me narrate a story, my son.
      It flew away without feathers and wings,
      With only a thread tied to its neck.

11. The skin is near the husk,
       The husk is near the shell,
       The shell is near the pearl (meat),
       The pearl is near the water.

12. Two men dived for prawns in the river,
       and when they came out of the water,
       one had wet hair,
       the other did not.
       How did that happen?

13. A box with seven holes.

   Answers:
    1. A honey-bee                                         8. A Clock
    2. Fire                                                     9. Red Chili
    3. Water                                                10. A kite
    4. A mushroom                                      11. A coconut
    5. A pineapple                                        12. One of them was bald
    6. A sash                                               13. A head
    7. A rice plant