Riddles
In the book "The Hobbit", which is kind of like a pre-quel of "The Lord Of The Rings", the characters known as Gollum and Bilbo Baggins utter a bunch of interesting riddles. Here they are. The answers are listed below, don't cheat!
Gollum's riddles:
1.
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes
And yet never grows?
2.
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
3.
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.
4.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.
5.
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.
Bilbo's Riddles
6.
Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
7.
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."
8.
No legs lay on one-leg,
Two-legs sat near on three-legs,
Four legs got some.
9.
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
10.
What have I got in my pockets?
1. A Mountain.
2. The Wind.
3. Darkness.
4. Fish.
5. Time
6. Teeth
7. Sun on daisies.
8. Fish on a little table, man at table sitting on stool, the cat has the bones
9. Eggs.
10. The One Ring..
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