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| 1. It has a leg, but no thigh; It has a head, but no face. 2. It comes and it goes; It does nothing but blows. 3. With eight feet carrying a drum, Frighteningly wielding two scissors; Arrogantly walking sideways, Continuously blowing bubbles. 4. When we use it, we throw it away but when it is not used, we keep it at the head (of a boat). 5. What is it that becomes bigger and bigger the more it moves around? 6. Miss Red tickles Miss Black, Miss Black tickles Miss White, Miss White chuckles "blurb, blurb, blurb!" (Miss Red = fire, Miss Black = pot, and Miss White = rice.) 7. What did the upper teeth say to the lower teeth? 8. Twenty I slew, sliced off their head; No life was lost, no blood was shed. 9. The white lady who sheds tears all the time. 10. When young, a companion in eating, When old, a ocmpanion in sleeping. 11. What has scales but cannot weigh things? 12. With rough skin and needles in their hands, They root on steep cliffs; Green the whole year round, Their heads erect in the strong winds. 13. The mat that cannot be folded. 14. What fruit has many eyes? 15. Pulled it out, Dashed it about; A flower did bloom, It withered so soon. 16. A narrow road and a pond at the end. |
| Answers: 1. A mushroom 9. A candle 2. Wind blowing the kite 10. Bamboo 3. A crab 11. A fish 4. An Anchor 12. A pine tree 5. Rumour 13. A highway 6. Cooking rice 14. A pineapple 7. Meet me at lunchtime 15. A matchstick 8. Nails 16. A ladle |
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